The seventeen months from April 1814 to August 1815 were an extraordinary period in European history; a period which saw two sieges of Paris, a complete revision of Europe's political frontiers, an international Congress set up in Vienna, civil war in Italy and international war in Belgium.Gregor Dallas tells the story of these days through the perspectives of three very different European cities: the great metropolis of London, post-revolutionary Paris and baroque Vienna. The writing is almost cinematic in its power to evoke and bring to life the Europe of Tolstoy: the ebb and flow of power, of armies and of peoples across Europe's northern plains. Working essentially from primary sources, Dallas is as interested in the weather conditions before battle as in the way cartoonists reacted to court intrigues and fashions.It is also Europe seen through the eyes of its central players: Talleyrand, who has served nearly every French regime since the Revolution of 1789; Metternich, who devises new plans for a 'Germany' that does not yet exist and for a 'Europe' that remains devided; Wellington, who reveals himself a diplomat as well as a soldier; Tsar Alexander, an idealist seeking to impose a uniform plan for all Europe; and 'Boney' himself, who has his own ideal of Europe and, though banished to Elba, does not abandon his dream to realise it.
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"Set in the working-class suburbs of present-day England, this delightfully quirky novel playfully explores the evolution of an obsessive and ultimately violent love affair," remarked PW , finding that "Parks has created an absorbing, compassionate tale."
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Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Anna Eastwood is the prototypical working-class girl with soap opera daydreams. In the London office where she works she meets Roger Cruikshank, a charmingly unconventional dreamer and would-be writer. Loving Roger is Anna's big mistake: though she loves him with a passion, dreaming of marrying him and living happily ever after, Roger feels passion for Anna but no love. While Roger is working temporarily in America, Anna bears their child. With Roger's return and her second pregnancy, Anna is overcome with the hopelessness of her mostly unrequited love and makes her final move in a moment of desperate, violent abandon. In his second novel, the author of Tongues of Flame ( LJ 2/15/87) offers a brilliantly lean, dark, and unforgettable commentary on the tragicomic futilities of love. Ronald L. Coombs, SUNY Downstate Medical Ctr. Lib., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This was my first Tim Parks novel and still might be my favorite. Both clever and deep, dark and funny, Parks does a brilliant job telling a story of seduction and abandoment in the first person female voice of a working class girl who ultimately winds up on top. My only complaint is this story was told so economically it ended too fast. Bravo.
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