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Nov 01, 2015 its tempting to use historian stacy schiff s revelatory, sumptuously written new book, the witches. Its tempting to use historian stacy schiffs revelatory, sumptuously written new book, the witches. Cleopatra by stacy schiff, read by robin miles audiobook. Stacy schiffs the witches is an intoxicating brew of history. History in the hands of stacy schiff is invariably full of life. Fourteen women and five men, convicted of witchcraft, were hanged, and one more, a man who refused to plead, was crushed to. If you want to read 300 pages about how awesome queen cleo was, then this is the book for you. Salem, 1692 steps back from more than three centuries of hyperbole and supposition, giving us our most complete account yet. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. She earned her degree from williams college in 1982. Pulitzer prizewinner stacy schiffs new history, the witches.
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Famous long before she was notorious, cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Nov 02, 2010 cleopatra was born a goddess, became a queen at 18 and at the height of her power, ms. A life, winner of the penjacqueline bograd weld award for biography. To understand cleopatra is to understand how ancient history was written, by whom and for whom, and why. Fourteen women and five men, convicted of witchcraft, were hanged, and one more, a man who refused to plead, was. Franklin, france, and the birth of america, winner of the george washington book prize, the ambassador award in american studies, and the gilbert chinard prize of the institut francais damerique. Stacy schiff books list of books by author stacy schiff. Cleopatra was born a goddess, became a queen at 18 and at the height of her power, ms.
Franklin, france, and the birth of america, winner of the george washington book prize and the ambassador book award. Stacy schiff is the author of a great improvisation and vera mrs. She has received fellowships from the guggenheim foundation and the national endowment for the humanities, and was a directors fellow at the center for scholars and writers at the new york public library. Above all else, cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenio. Vladimir nabokov, which won the 2000 pulitzer prize for biography. Stacy schiff boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose. Aug 10, 2011 stacy schiff explains how the salem witch trials began duration. Dec 31, 2011 famous long before she was notorious, cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. This page is maintained by little, brown and company. Above all else, cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious.
A life by stacy schiff, an evocative retelling of the intriguing life of cleopatra. Pulitzer prizewinning biographer stacy schiff discussed her 2010 biography, cleopatra. Vladimir nabokov, won the pulitzer prize in biography in 2000, while her book saintexupery was a pulitzer prize finalist. Stacy schiff, author official website the witches now.
Stacy schiff simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The dateline is as recognizable as any in american history. Stacy schiff was educated at phillips academy and at williams college. Schiff, born in adams, massachusetts, is a graduate of phillips academy andover preparatory school. In addition, she has a tartness to match the standards of cleos. As schiff points out early in the book, the puritans of salem village were often assiduous diarists and recordkeepers, but firsthand accounts of.
Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. The pulitzer prizewinning author of cleopatra, the numberone national best seller, unpacks the mystery of the salem witch trials. In a sweeping account of the men and women, politicians and children caught up in a web of superstitions, schiff takes on the. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Her palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Business owners council, a membership organization for inc. Stacy madeleine schiff born october 26, 1961 is an american nonfiction author residing in new york. Stacy schiff boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order, a generation before the birth of christ. Stacy schiff quotes from cleopatra was on a political mission to save her country and her power, but what we remember about her are these two famed seductions, which are a matter of. These book discussion questions are highly detailed and will ruin plot points, if you have. An interview with stacy schiff penn state university.
A pulitzer prizewinner, stacy schiff is the author most recently of the witches. Schiff has received fellowships from the guggenheim foundation, the. Salem, 1692, which the new york times hailed as an almost novelistic, thrillerlike narrative. A biography knopf, l994 which was a finalist for the l995 pulitzer prize and won numerous prizes abroad. Joseph ellis deemed schiff s the finest account to date of the witch trials. Cleopatra by stacy schiff, read by robin miles audiobook excerpt. Saintexupery by stacy schiff overdrive rakuten overdrive. In her latest book, stacy schiff, the pulitzer prizewinning biographer of vera nabokov and benjamin franklin, plucks at this riddle and what she discoversabout cleopatra and the men who made her mythis astonishing.
The rise of the new rich and how they are changing america and the armchair millionaire. Reviewed in the united kingdom on december 21, 2016. David mccullough declared the book brilliant from start to finish. Schiff has also published the books a great improvisation, cleopatra. History in the hands of stacy schiff is invariably full of life, light, shadow, surprise, clarity of insight, and so it is again and then some in her latest work, the witches.
Schiff is the coauthor of the influence of affluence. She has received fellowships from the guggenheim foundation and the. Salem 1692, about the salem witch trials and the events leading up to them. Rich in detail, epic in scope, schiff s is a luminous reconstruction of a dazzling life. Schiff talked about growing up in western massachusetts and her early days as an editor with.