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The Quiet American (1955) is set in Vietnam in the 1950s, during the French colonial struggle against the insurgents. Through the atmosphere of Saigon, Greene creates a tense story of love and political intrigue, with a strong critique of the Vietnam War
Rome worshiped him, the gods protected him, but love betrayed him. "A fascinating, engaging and suspenseful story about one of Rome's most notorious emperors."
She was born in the fabled Tang Dynasty in the seventh century. She grew up on the banks of the Long River, where she learned to tame horses. She entered the imperial gynaecology, where ten thousand concubines lived.
Italy, 1492. Her name is Sancha of Aragon. The beautiful illegitimate daughter of Alfonso II. Napuljski only feels contempt for his father's callousness.
Dumas' version of the story depicts the adventures of d'Artagnan and his friends from 1625 to 1628.
The biography The Life of Byron (1930) by André Maurois, is a detailed account of the life and works of the English Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788–1824).