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Dix petites anarchistes by Daniel de Roulet
Suisse, fin du XIXe siècle. À Saint-Imier, on vivote entre misère et exploitation, entre les étables et une industrie horlogère …
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Suisse, fin du XIXe siècle. À Saint-Imier, on vivote entre misère et exploitation, entre les étables et une industrie horlogère …
Excellent livre, même si ce n'est pas ce à quoi je m'attendais. C'est un récit, je suis tenté de dire minute par minute, des événements qui ont amenés Hitler au pouvoir. Et teaser: l'histoire ne commence pas du tout là où vous croyez qu'elle commence. C'est un livre aride, ardu - un travail scientifique, pas qu'un roman. Avec toutes les références documentées. Rien de mal à cela, mais pas du tout ce à quoi je m'attendais. Si vous voulez tout savoir sur l'arrivée au pouvoir des national-socialistes en Allemagne, c'est le livre qu'il vous faut.
Excellent livre, même si ce n'est pas ce à quoi je m'attendais. C'est un récit, je suis tenté de dire minute par minute, des événements qui ont amenés Hitler au pouvoir. Et teaser: l'histoire ne commence pas du tout là où vous croyez qu'elle commence. C'est un livre aride, ardu - un travail scientifique, pas qu'un roman. Avec toutes les références documentées. Rien de mal à cela, mais pas du tout ce à quoi je m'attendais. Si vous voulez tout savoir sur l'arrivée au pouvoir des national-socialistes en Allemagne, c'est le livre qu'il vous faut.

Un consortium libéral-autoritaire, tissé de solidarités d'affaires, de partis conservateurs, nationalistes et libéraux, de médias réactionnaires et d'élites traditionnelles, perd …
Well. How shall I put this ? That's the end of the laundry files for me :-) There are more , subtitled "new management", but quite frankly, since the rhesus (#5) I've been hoping the narrative and the style would revert to the one from the first 4 books. It did not really. It has strayed too far for me and i'm leaving it at that. I'll probably try other Stross books (he is a good writer), but most likely not from the laundry file series. It's a case of " the first episodes were too good, how do you live up to it ?".
Well. How shall I put this ? That's the end of the laundry files for me :-) There are more , subtitled "new management", but quite frankly, since the rhesus (#5) I've been hoping the narrative and the style would revert to the one from the first 4 books. It did not really. It has strayed too far for me and i'm leaving it at that. I'll probably try other Stross books (he is a good writer), but most likely not from the laundry file series. It's a case of " the first episodes were too good, how do you live up to it ?".

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We are very far from the original laundry files here. Neither Bob nor Mo is there, Alex takes over (better if you have read "rhesus"). Not sure I like the direction this is taking. It's still well written, but is not at all the same style as, say the first 3 books...
We are very far from the original laundry files here. Neither Bob nor Mo is there, Alex takes over (better if you have read "rhesus"). Not sure I like the direction this is taking. It's still well written, but is not at all the same style as, say the first 3 books...

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As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry - the clandestine organization responsible for protecting Britain against supernatural threats …

As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry - the clandestine organization responsible for protecting Britain against supernatural threats …