Lucy Hughes Hallett: 3 books
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Godfather to Mussolini, national hero of Italy and the WWI irredentist movement, literary icon of Joyce and Pound, lover of actress Eleonora Duse: here is Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s extraordinary biography of Gabriele d’Annunzio, poet, bon vivant, harbinger of Italian fascism.
Gabriele d’Annunzio...
Heroes
A History of Hero Worship
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930s Europe, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism in Western civilization.
In this riveting and insightful cultural history, Lucy Hughes-Hallett brings to life eight exceptional men from history and myth to explore our timeless...
Peculiar Ground
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
A Kirkus Best Book of 2018
"Unlike anything I’ve read. With its broad scope and its intimacy and exactness, it cuts through the apparatus of life to the vivid moment. Haunting and huge, and funny and sensuous. It’s wonderful."—Tessa Hadley
The Costa Award-winning author...