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Автор: , Mitchell Peter Chalmers
Название: My House in Mбlaga
ISBN: 9781999654368
Классификация: ISBN-10: 1999654366
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 230
Вес: 0.29 кг.
Дата издания: 03.05.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 21.59 x 14.00 x 1.32 cm
Поставляется из: США
Описание: In 1934 Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell retired at the age of 70 from a distinguished career as Secretary of the Zoological Society of London. During his tenor he had been the driving force behind the creation of the Whipsnade Zoo, which opened in 1931. He moved to M laga for what I expected to be a peaceful old age and spent his time writing his memoirs and translating novels by Ram n J. Sender. Then came the rebellion of 1936. While most other British residents fled to Gibraltar, Sir Peter was one of the few to stay in order to protect his house and garden, and his servants. Although an open sympathiser with the Anarchist cause, he provided a safe haven to the wife and five daughters of Tom s Bol n, members of a notorious right wing family, eventually helping them escape across the border. He later offered shelter to Arthur Koestler. When the Italian forces sent by Mussolini to support the rebellion took M laga, they were both arrested by Tom s Bol ns nephew, Luis, who was Francos chief propagandist and who had vowed that if he ever laid his hands on Koestler he would shoot him like a dog. This is his memoir of that period, first published in 1938.

My House in Mбlaga, , Mitchell Peter Chalmers