Tono-BungayTono-Bungay is agruably Wells' best novel and certainly his most under-rated. Describing the rise of a patent medicine business empire it is wonderfully evocative of the Edwardian Age. This story should form the basis of a superb film or TV classic serial - H.G. Wells
The White Prophet - Hall CaineSir Hall Caine ( May 14, 1853 August 31, 1931) was a British novelist and playwright born Thomas Henry Hall Caine at Runcorn, Cheshire, England and educated in Liverpool. He was trained as an architectural draughtsman but became a journalist instead as we
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Miep GiesMiep Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War II and preserved Anne's diaries to be published later. Hermine 'Miep' Santrouschitz-Gies (b. 15 February 1909) was evactuated to Lieden in Holland fr, Anne FrankWesterkerk, Amsterdam Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank ( June 12 1929 March 1945) was a Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. Her family was betrayed and they were transported to Nazi concen friend, biographer
April 8April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). There are 267 days remaining. Events 1700-1899 1730 Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated. 1742 The first performance of George Frideric Hand - John FanteJohn Fante ( April 8, 1909 May 8, 1983) was a novelist, short-story and screenwriter, born in Colorado. His most popular novel was Ask the Dust a semi-autobiographical novel, forming a part of the "Arturo Bandini" series. Arturo Bandini was his alter ego, novelist
July 1July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. Events 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum Crusaders under Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Turkish army under Qilich Arslan I. 1690 Battle of the Boyne as reck – Juan Carlos OnettiJuan Carlos Onetti born July 1, 1909 in Montevideo, Uruguay died May 30, 1994 in Madrid, Spain, was a novelist and short-story writer. A high school dropout, Onetti's first novel El pozo published in 1939, met with immediate critical acclaim. He went on t, Uruguayan writer (d. 1994)