Max Gallo
Description
Max Gallo (7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books. The son of Italian immigrants (his father was of Piedmontese descent and his mother was from the region of Parma), Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time he was a Communist (until 1956). In 1974, he joined the Socialist Party. On 26 April 2007 the Académie française recorded his candidacy for its Seat 24, formerly held by the late Jean-François Revel. He was elected to the Académie française on 31 May 2007. Source: [Max Gallo]( on Wikipedia.
Books
Spartacus
Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 B.C., is well known today partly because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally published in 1951 by the author himself, after being turned down by every mainstream publisher of the day because of Fast's blacklisting for his Communist Party sympathies. The story of Spartacus, born a slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a slave revolt that was eventually put down by Crassus, was immensely popular, has sold millions of copies, and has gone through nearly a hundred editions. The appearance of this title in the North Castle series brings back into print a book that many regard as a classic, and is enhanced with a new Introduction by the author.
Garibaldi
Napoleon
The Night of the Long Knives
On Friday evening, June 29, 1934, Hitler personally led a well planned attack on the rebel elements within the German state. No one was spared. High officials, minor clerks, Army heroes, innocent bystanders, wives, retired dignitaries -- all were murdered in a single weekend of systematic horror. A 72-hour orgy of blood Hitler himself called The Night of the Long Knives.