Great European Lives
Great European Lives
Great European Lives
Joseph Conrad: The writer who could have been born frowning
Great European Lives
Ingmar Bergman: The director with a legacy almost unparalleled in the history of cinema
Great European Lives
Carmen Martín Gaite: A proper, old-fashioned woman of letters
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Anastasia Nikolaevna: One of history’s most tragic enigmas
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Herman Brood: The addict with a purpose
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Ana María Matute: The voice of Spain’s dazed generation
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Bert Kaempfert: The record producer who gave the Beatles their first contract
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Pierre Loti: The unlikely chronicler of the exotic
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Lyda Borelli: The first true Italian film star
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Romy Schneider: The star who would be forever Shirley Tempelhof
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Niki Lauda: The driver who balanced on the thin line
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HR Giger: The outsider who created a monster
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Horst Faas: The man who showed humanity at its most raw
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Wim van Est, the man who survived Le Tour’s most dramatic descent
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Manfred von Richthofen: A gentleman warrior of the skies or a ruthless killer?
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Sartre and Huston: The collaboration tormented by an absolute aspiration
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Max Ernst: A surrealist’s personal and prescient take on war
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Giulietta Masina, the wide-eyed waif who captivated Fellini
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Galina Ulanova: the best ballerina in the world
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Fernando Rey: from fighting fascism to international stardom
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Sergei Prokofiev: From privilege to persecution
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Alexander Archipenko: The artist who outpaced time
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Ferruccio Lamborghini: The farmer’s son who tweaked Ferrari’s nose
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Roger Vadim: The director defined by the women on his arm
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Maria Schneider: The actress scarred by Last Tango in Paris
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Alexandra of Yugoslavia: The pawn in an international game she never truly understood
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Anna Pavlova: The ballerina with the zeal of an evangelist
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Henri-Georges Clouzot: The auteur who explored the darker corners of the human psyche
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Kurt Schwitters: The German artist defined by war
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Grigori Rasputin: The semi-literate peasant who became counsellor to the Tsar
Great European Lives