Anne Sebba

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Anne Sebba’s compulsively fascinating book!

Sally Singer, New York Times Style Editor
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Anne Sebba brings meticulous research and a brilliant writer's eye to one of the darkest questions of World War II.

Anthony Horowitz
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Absolutely gripping in so many ways; beautifully written and superbly researched, a brilliant and a fresh take on a famous case.

Simon Sebag Montefiore
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An important retelling of Les Années Noires in Paris which puts women's stories, and the complications of their lives under Occupation, centre stage…

Kate Mosse, Author of Labyrinth
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A fascinating book I couldn’t stop reading. Anne Sebba knows everything about Paris during the War. She understands everything about the chic, loathsome collaborators and the Holocaust victims…

Edmund White
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Anne Sebba
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    Anne is the author of eleven non fiction books mostly biographies of iconic women with a strong historical context.

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    Anne loves interviewing extraordinary people – and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances – especially at the end of their lives.

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The place where you never can check out! Lucky i’m The place where you never can check out! Lucky i’m not staying here …
Great session today discussing @thomas___harding Great session today discussing @thomas___harding  latest book The Einstein Vendetta and the myth of The Good Italians and the Evil Germans in #WorldWar 2. Like every thing else it’s a lot more complicated. #jewishbookweek
Lunchtime talk today @nationalarchivesuk about Wal Lunchtime talk today @nationalarchivesuk about Wallis Simpson to tie into their #LoveLetters exhibition. Only the love letters in Wallis Simpson story were rather one sided!
Marking paperback publication day with a talk at @ Marking paperback publication day with a talk at @roehamptonclub Thanks @wnbooks for all the support and thanks to the wonderful women and girls who played for their lives in Auschwitz. Such a privilege to tell their stories.
Thanks so much @groucho_club for inviting me to ta Thanks so much @groucho_club for inviting me to take part in your book club tonight discussing #thewomensorchestraofauschwitz . I love meeting my readers and especially being interviewed by @miss_lisa_okelly_reed
Delighted to interview JohnJay about his wonderful Delighted to interview JohnJay about his wonderful book on a young Jewish girl’s escape from Nazi occupied France across the Pyrenees in 1943. #Ninette’s War #kingsplace @jewishbookweek
Packed audience at The Army and Navy lunchtime tal Packed audience at The Army and Navy lunchtime talks series today. My first paperback event and we sold out! #buynowforchristmas !
#thewomensorchestraofauschwitz #thewomensorchestraofauschwitz
Beautiful venue for a packed talk today in Edinbur Beautiful venue for a packed talk today in Edinburgh about The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: St John’s Church in the centre of the city.
Only one week left to see the astonishing body of Only one week left to see the astonishing body of work created by Lee Miller on show at Tate Britain. Having written about her twice (in my book on women reporters and in Les Parisiennes) I thought I knew it…But not only is there new work here but to see the progression, from pre war surrealism through wartime horror to post war devastation, until she is burned out, is sobering. And it rams home the fact that British women reporters could not get accreditation for the front line. It’s ironic that Lee’s accreditation came from the fashion magazine - Vogue. Do go before it closes. 

#womenandwar #worldwartwo #womenartists
That was a fun morning filming. Endlessly discussi That was a fun morning filming. Endlessly discussing Wallis Simpson and what is new since the Abdication 90 years ago. Plenty actually! On the sofa with @llewelynbowen and #JuneWoolerton will air in a week or so. Thanks @lovemondaytv @youtube #somuchtosayandneverenoughtime
Even on a rainy day my publisher has a beautiful r Even on a rainy day my publisher has a beautiful roof terrace! Thanks @hachetteuk @gigiwoolstencroft for lovely paperback cover of #thewomensorchestraofauschwitz launching in March. Here I am holding first copy!
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A fabulous performance of Schumann’s Traumerei on A fabulous performance of Schumann’s Traumerei on cello and accordion last night as played in Auschwitz by Anita Lasker Wallfisch when it was demanded by Mengele. #holocaustremembranceday
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