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The Seventh Seal is probably Bergman's best-known work and the film that most clearly bears the director's unmistakeable signature. The opening scene sets the tone: a stony beach under a leaden sky, the knight alone with his thoughts, then the approach of black-clad Death, whom the knight invites to play a game of chess. Bergman's medieval allegory of faith and doubt is dark with the horrors of witch-burnings and the plague. But it is also shot through with bright flashes of peace and joy, symbolised in the milk and wild strawberries offered to the knight by an innocent family of actors.In his compelling appreciation, Melvyn Bragg describes his own first encounter as a student with this extraordinary film, and how it revealed to him another cinema, quite different from the Hollywood he had grown up with. He recounts too his later meeting with Bergman himself, and how
The Seventh Seal is probably Bergman's best-known work and the film that most clearly bears the director's unmistakeable signature. The opening scene sets the tone: a stony beach under a leaden sky, the knight alone with his thoughts, then the approach of black-clad Death, whom the knight invites
Melvyn Bragg's highly-acclaimed bestselling historical novel, the story behind one of the 19th century's greatest
A thrilling fictional recreation of the biggest rebellion in English history - the so-called Peasants'
The much-praised third part of 'a monumental series' (Sunday Times) by an 'aristocrat of English fiction' (Sunday
2011 was the 400th anniversary of the King James
A profoundly moving and evocative novel set in post-war
Bragg's acclaimed story of one family's experience of the social and cultural upheaval of England as it moves into the twentieth
By 'quite simply one of the best writers we have' (Sunday Telegraph), a profoundly moving story spanning three
Within four years of William Tyndale's execution in 1536, Henry VIII had authorized the Great Bible for the Church of England, based on Tyndale's work to create an English translation of the Bible that was accessible for everyone to read. This Tyndale Bible, as it became known, was key in the
A fascinating insight to a selection of the show's best episodes, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the popular Radio 4
Kniha známého britského spisovatele, scenáristy a mediálního pracovníka nemá ambici pokoušet se o hlubinný analytický rozbor filmu a jeho motivů. Je to spíše osobně pojatý pohled na tuto Bergmanovu klasiku. Snaží se z vlastní perspektivy přiblížit, jak film působil na diváky
This textbook introduces you to existentialist philosophical theory and its cultural influence. The first part of the book offers an introductory overview of the 19th century historical roots of existentialist thought and chapters on all the key players: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre,
Musician and activist Billy Bragg diagnoses the crisis of accountability in Western democracies in this new series of political pamphlets from Faber. We live in a world where strongman politics are rising; neo-liberalism has hollowed out political parties; and corporations have undermined
A profoundly thought-provoking, moving novel that breathes fresh life into one of history's most remarkable and enduring love
As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. This public image established him not only as a scapegoat for the South's military failures but also as the chief whipping boy of the
The Seventh Million is the first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology, and politics of Israel. Drawing on diaries, interviews, and thousands of declassified documents, Segev reconsiders the major struggles and personalities of Israel's past, including
According to ancient Black Forest legend, on the Night of the Seventh Moon, Loke, the God of Mischief, is at large in the world. It is a night for festivity and joyful celebration. It is a night for singing and dancing. And it is a night for love. Helena Trant was enchanted by everything she found
The debut novel of New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Franzen, The Twenty-Seventh City is 'a startling, scathing first novel about American ambition, power, politics, money, corruption and apathy' (People). St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police
The seventh classic title in the internationally famous Where's Wally? series. This seventh classic Where's Wally? adventure is full of interactive fun! As Wally travels through more amazing worlds, he drops a tiny piece of paper in each scene - can you find it? There are lots of other things to
This volume examines the evolution of the Cold War from the Helsinki Conference of 1975 until the Soviet collapse in 1991. Leading scholars analyze the economic, social, cultural, religious, technological, and geopolitical factors that shaped the policies that ended the Cold War, looking at the