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 Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz’ - Interviews with Anne Sebba

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Thrilled to see my story of The Women’s Orchestra Thrilled to see my story of The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz in The Score, the Friends Magazine for Wigmore Hall. I am giving a talk there on Tuesday January 26 at lunchtime and hope to see many of you there.
Music can be soothing, although it was not so for the women in my story, but on Tuesday 26 cellist Natalie Clein will be playing Bloch From Jewish Life. 
Do come and listen to her gorgeous playing!
Honoured to have been asked to take part in this i Honoured to have been asked to take part in this important event to raise vital funds for survivors of torture.Do please bid in the auction organised by @freedomfromtorture (In spite of my total lack of artistic talent ) the book and the cause are what matter. Thanks to @gill.paul1 for inviting me to take part.
Delighted to have reviewed this sparkling book abo Delighted to have reviewed this sparkling book about Winston’s cousin Clare by @elisabethKehoe for @lit_review go read it !
One of the few… One of the few…
Loved interviewing Robin Lustig @wimbookfest about Loved interviewing Robin Lustig @wimbookfest about his book And the Cello Came too. Robin and I were colleagues at Reuters in Rome when we we were both kids. I wish I’d known his family history then. Very emotional to hear his father’s cello played today and realise that he brought it with him from Nazi Germany.
Story of survival, resilience, asylum and working as part of the secret listening service at Latimer House.
That was a great afternoon at the @omnibustheatre That was a great afternoon at the @omnibustheatre @claphambookfest with founder @elizabeth_buchan who interviewed me. Terrific audience questions and loads of books bought. Even a broken arm can’t stop me talking about #thewomensorchestraofauschwitz
Do listen to this! I interviewed The inimitable Ma Do listen to this! I interviewed The inimitable Madeleine Riffaud when she was almost blind in 2016 for my book on #lesparisiennes. She was frail but still sharp about her wartime memories. So happy she is now receiving the attention she deserves but tried to shun in her lifetime. A true heroine thanks @rickstroud48 @alexvontunzelmann
Giving a talk as part of the Lichfield Cathedral E Giving a talk as part of the Lichfield Cathedral Enlighten weekend today interviewed by @highamnews with insightful audience questions too. Afterwards a delegation from twincity, Limburg an der Lahn, came to pay their respects to the cathedral.
#womensorchestraofauschwitz
Hugely recommend both parts of this epic biopic ba Hugely recommend both parts of this epic biopic based on biography of De Gaulle by historian Julian Jackson. It’s brilliantly acted with real insight into how precarious the French position was. A gripping drama, with some embellishments and exaggerations for filmic storytelling, but so important to understand this story not just from British perspective. Congratulations to all but especially totally convincing Simon Abkarian who inhabits this awkward yet dignified character De Gaulle. Just go !
Very happy and inspiring launch party for the wond Very happy and inspiring launch party for the wonderful @vichislop last night. She gave the perfect author speech introducing us to just enough of the story to hook us in to the tragic history, but with a happy ending! #thewinedarksea is already beckoning me in! Huge congratulations 🙌
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Lovely sunny morning taking part in The Richmond P Lovely sunny morning taking part in The Richmond Preachathon, interviewing Rev Robert Stanier about the need for new Church Bells at Richmond’s beautiful and 800 year old St Mary Magdalene Church. It’s all about the history! At a time when the high street is full of closures, here is something continuing with new life right in the town centre. Thanks to @radio.jackie for great post interview interview! 
#Preachathon #bellringing #Community
Fun talking @gloshistfest today with #AndrewLownie Fun talking @gloshistfest today with #AndrewLownie about Wallis Simpson and the Abdication, 90 years ago. More resonant today with constant discussion about #Harry&Meghan #kingCharles etc Gorgeous venue for a talk
Wonderful launch tonight for the super talented @l Wonderful launch tonight for the super talented @louisatreger’ s much garlanded novel about Ruth Ellis, recently pardoned . Can’t wait to read this account which clearly has so much in common with story of #ethelrosenberganamericantragedy especially the attitude of the press and criticism of how she looked. A young mother of two children. Lovely to be in a roomful of writing friends @katethompsonauthor @gill.paul1 @annabelabbs and more! Interviewed thoughtfully by the one and only @suzisbookbag
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