Keith Roberts était un auteur britannique de science-fiction, surtout célèbre pour son roman acclamé Pavane. Cette œuvre, magistralement conçue et souvent considérée comme une collection d'histoires liées, présente une histoire alternative dans laquelle l'Église catholique romaine prend le contrôle de l'Angleterre suite à l'assassinat de la reine Élisabeth Ire. Roberts s'est fait connaître pour ses mondes imaginatifs et son style distinctif, qui entraînait les lecteurs dans des récits complexes. Outre son activité d'écriture, il a également contribué en tant qu'illustrateur, enrichissant ses propres publications et celles des autres par son art visuel.
Edgar Degas, an influential figure in 19th-century art, is characterized by his private nature and cynicism, yet his artistic skill is undeniable. His acute vision and meticulous attention to detail set him apart from his contemporaries. Degas frequently explored themes such as ballet, racecourses, and women in intimate moments, revisiting these subjects throughout his career. His commitment to quality is evident from his early academic sketches to his later pastels, showcasing a consistent mastery of design and drawing.
Cell biology is taught in classrooms around the world to provide students with a firm conceptual grounding in biology. This text provides basic, core knowledge about how cells work and uses colour images and diagrams to emphasize concepts and aid understanding.
"Ladies from Hell" contains five long stories. "The Shack at Great Cross Halt" describes a Britain dominated by motorways, juggernauts and a tyranny, in which the unfortunates of society eke out a miserable existence scavenging items which fall of lorries. "The Ministry of Children" shows comprehensive schools having become terrifying battlegrounds dominated by vicious gangs. "The Big Fans" concerns an experiment in wind-powered electricity which accidentally unleashes an apocalyptic storm of effects. "Our Lady of Destruction" ironically depicts a future in which a Stalinist British government taxes 'non-productive' people (i.e. artists) at over 100% an assigns them individual Overseers to regulate their work. And "Missa Privata" shows an opera singer in a communist-dominated Britain making a defiant individual gesture which will bring about her own ruin. These are not stories of spaceships and alien worlds; rather they are studies of imminent social change, written out of passionate concern about the directions in which our society may be heading - stories, in fact, in the great Orwellian tradition. Most importantly, they are stories about people: believable, defiant individuals struggling against oppressive forces.
This collection features ten imaginative science fiction stories by the acclaimed author Keith Roberts, known for his works like "Pavane" and "The Chalk Giants." Each tale showcases his unique storytelling style, blending thought-provoking themes with rich, vivid world-building. Readers can expect a diverse range of narratives that explore complex ideas and human experiences within fantastical settings.
It's the eve of the 20th-century's final conflict. But Stan Potts is ready for Armageddon. In his Austin Champ, specially equipped with his own unique survival kit, he heads for Corfe Castle, the Purbecks & the girl of his dreams. It's to be an eventful journey. This latest & most ambitious novel by Keith Roberts is both the story of one lonely man & a compulsively readable account of a civilisation's catastrophe & the clawing-up to a new social order. Across Potts' gaze pass the ravaged survivors; the mutant genius born outside his time; the villagers of the new stone age with their credulous, sexually complex lives; the iron age horsemen; the terror of the sea-borne marauders. Finally, after the pillage, the cruelty of superstition, the fragility of love & its horrific consequences, the story leaps from the Dark Ages into a new awareness & Stan Potts' tale is told. Dream or reality? Future or racial memory? Forecast or myth? Every reader will pass his own verdict on this uniquely challenging book. But all will agree that The Chalk Giants is 1st & last a stunning feat of story telling, a worthy successor to Pavane & The Boat of Fate by an acknowledged master of the genre.
The New Model Army was one of the best-known and most effective armies ever raised in England. Oliver Cromwell was both its greatest battlefield commander and the political leader whose position depended on its support. In this meticulously researched and accessible new study, Keith Roberts describes how Cromwell's army was recruited, inspired, organized, trained and equipped. He also sets its strategic and tactical operation in the context of the theory and practice of warfare in seventeenth-century Europe.
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
