At the Salon on November 20, longtime salon member Miranda Seymour spoke about Noble Endeavours: The Life of Two Countries, England and Germany, in Many Stories The book is a vibrant, extraordinary history of two entwined countries told through the lives of kings and painters, soldiers and sailors, sugar-bakers and bankers, charlatans and saints.
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Apprentice Night: Elif Shafak and Alix Christie
by Jenny McPhee Turkish novelist Elif Shafak will present her new novel The Architect’s Apprentice centered around Sinan (1490-1588), architect to the Ottoman Sultan Suleyman in Constantinople, and Canadian novelist Alix Christie will present her first novel, Gutenberg’s Apprentice, recounting the story of the making of Gutenberg’s Bible.
Eleanor Marx: Feminist, Socialist and Daughter of Karl Marx
by Jenny McPhee Rachel Holmes, a cultural historian and biographer, will be in conversation with Kamila Shamsie, discussing her new book, Eleanor Marx: A Life, a biography of the feminist daughter of Karl Marx. Eleanor Marx was the first woman to lead the British dockworkers’ union and the first to translate Madam Bovary into English, …
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Lucy Hughes-Hallet: The Pike
by Jenny McPhee Biographer and salon member Carole Angier talks to Lucy Hughes-Hallet about her latest book, The Pike: Gabriele d’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War.
Lynne Segal on the Perils and Pleasures of Aging
by Jenny McPhee Lynne Segal appeared at the Salon to discuss her new book, Out of Time: The Perils and Pleasures of Aging, in conversation with literary critic Elaine Showalter “Lynne Segal cuts through the current discourse on ageing with a sharp scalpel, an open mind and boundless compassion. If you have detected even one …
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