Gill, Anton

Overview

Works:	111 works in 425 publications in 7 languages and 7,028 library holdings
Genres:	Biographies History Interviews Fiction Adventure stories Thrillers (Fiction) Historical fiction Personal narratives‡vGerman Personal narratives‡vBritish Action and adventure fiction
Roles:	Author, Creator, Contributor
Classifications:	N5220.G886, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Anton Gill

The journey back from hell : an oral history : conversations with concentration camp survivors by Anton Gill( Book )

34 editions published between 1988 and 1994 in English and German and held by 961 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An oral history of the Holocaust and its aftermath by 120 victims of the Third Reich

Art lover : a biography of Peggy Guggenheim by Anton Gill( Book )

11 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 921 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Peggy Guggenheim's tempestuous life (1898-1979) spanned the most exciting and volatile years of the twentieth century, and she lived it to the full. How she became one of the century's foremost collectors of modern art - and one of its most formidable lovers - is the subject of this biography." "Her father, Benjamin Guggenheim, went down with the Titanic en route home from installing the elevator machinery in the Eiffel Tower, and it was in Paris in the 1930s that the young heiress came into a small fortune and began to make her mark in the art world. Uneasily married to the alcoholic English dilettante writer Laurence Vail, she joined the American expatriate bohemian set. Though her many lovers included such lions of the worlds of art and literature as Samuel Beckett, Max Ernst (whom she later married), Yves Tanguy, and Roland Penrose, real love always seemed to elude her." "In the later 1930s, Peggy set up one of the first galleries of modern art in London, quickly acquiring a magnificent selection of works by Picasso (who snubbed her), Magritte, Miro, and Brancusi, and buying great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America after the Nazi invasion of France. Escaping from Vichy, she moved back to New York, where she was hugely influential in assisting the beginnings of the new American abstract expressionist movement (in particular, Jackson Pollock)." "Researched, filled with colorful incident, and boasting a distinguished cast, Anton Gill's biography reveals the inner drives of a remarkable woman and indefatigable patron of the arts."--Jacket

An honourable defeat : a history of German resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945 by Anton Gill( Book )

10 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 865 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A look at what it was like to live under the Nazi regime and the efforts of some German's to undermine Hitler and the Third Reich

A dance between flames : Berlin between the wars by Anton Gill( Book )

14 editions published between 1993 and 1995 in English and held by 540 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anton Gill brilliantly recaptures the Berlin of the twenties and thirties, where the world's most creative talents flourished against a background of decadence, corruption, hyperinflation, and finally fear. For a few, the twenties really were golden. Max Reinhardt, Bertolt Brecht, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo and Josephine Baker electrified the stage. Berlin became the nightclub capital of the world - just as in the film Cabaret, inspired by Christopher Isherwood who was there with W.H. Auden and Stephen Spender. Berlin rivaled Hollywood, where Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg, Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder all started their careers. For most Berliners, though, life was harsh. While the rich danced there was fighting in the streets. When the mark crashed, those with hard currency lived like princes, but middle-class Germans prostituted their own daughters to make ends meet. As the twenties became the thirties, politics veered from farce to tragedy in the face of the Nazi terror. After 1933 those who could escape left for London, Paris, or New York. Others threw in their lot with the new regime. Leni Riefenstahl created the greatest pieces of film propaganda in history. Werner von Braun developed the rockets that would later fall on London and contribute to the U.S. space program. Nazi victory would condemn Berlin, one of the world's greatest capitals, first to destruction and then to fifty years in the cultural and political wilderness. This book coincides with its return to capital status and, perhaps, its former elan

Il gigante : Michelangelo, Florence, and the David, 1492-1504 by Anton Gill( Book )

5 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This is the story of twelve years when war, plague, famine, and chaos made their mark on a volatile Italy, and when a young, erratic genius, Michelangelo Buonarroti, made his first great statue - the David. It was to become a symbol, not only of the independence and defiance of the city of Florence, but also of the tortured soul who created it. This is a history of the artist, his times, and one of his most magnificent works."--Jacket

Titanic : building the world's most famous ship by Anton Gill( Book )

9 editions published between 2010 and 2013 in English and held by 338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A fascinating look at the making of the Titanic in vivid, colorful detail. A skilled workforce of thousands spent years building the ship in a remarkable feat of design and engineering. From the engine room to the ball room, here is the story of the riveters, engineers, electricians, carpenters, cabinet makers, and artisans who designed, built, and fitted the & ldquo;ship of dreams. & rdquo

Forsaken by Anton Gill( Book )

15 editions published between 2012 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

1735 - London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword from the age he was able to hold one. When his family's house is attacked - his father murdered and his sister taken by armed men - Haytham defends his home the only way he can: he kills. With no family, he is taken in by a mysterious tutor who trains him to become a deadly killer. Consumed by his thirst for revenge, Haytham begins a quest for retribution, trusting no one and questioning everything he has ever known

The great escape : the full dramatic story with contributions from survivors and their families by Anton Gill( Book )

15 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and Polish and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stalag-Luft III was a specially built German prison camp designed to hold the most determined escapers from the RAF. The last surviving escapers, along with the original executioners, have been tracked down and tell the full story in this volume

Peggy Guggenheim : the life of an art addict by Anton Gill( Book )

17 editions published between 2001 and 2014 in English and Spanish and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The wayward life (1898--1979) of the voracious art collector and great female patron of world-famous artists. 'Mrs Guggenheim, how many husbands have you had?' 'Do you mean my own, or other people's?' Peggy Guggenheim was an American millionairess art collector and legendary lover, whose father died on the Titanic returning from installing the lift machinery in the Eiffel Tower. She lived in Paris in the 1930s and got to know all the major artists -- especially the Surrealists. (Later she bullied Max Ernst into marrying her, but was snubbed by Picasso.) When the Second World War broke out, she bought great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America; as a Jew she escaped from Vichy France and set up in New York, where in the 1940s and 50s she befriended and encouraged the New York School (Jackson Pollock, Rothko, etc.) Her emotional life was in constant turmoil -- a life of booze, bed and bohemia (mostly rich bohemia). Her favourite husband was a drunken English dilettante writer called Lawrence Vail, but she bedded many others, including Samuel Beckett. Later she moved to Venice, where her memory is enshrined in the world-famous palazzo that houses her Guggenheim Collection."--Publisher description

Underworld by Anton Gill( Book )

12 editions published in 2015 in 3 languages and held by 189 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a brand new tie-in book to the new game: Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. A disgraced Assassin. A deep-cover agent. A quest for redemption. 1862, and with London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world's first underground railway is under construction. When a body is discovered at the dig, it sparks the beginning of the latest deadly chapter in the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars. Deep undercover is an Assassin with dark secrets and a mission to defeat the Templar stranglehold on the nation's capital. Soon the Brotherhood will know him as Henry Green, mentor to Jacob and Evie Frye. For now, he is simply The Ghost. Assassin's Creed: Underworld is the eighth gripping novel from Oliver Bowden set in the immersive world of Assassin's Creed

An honourable defeat : the fight against National Socialism in Germany, 1933-1945 by Anton Gill( Book )

14 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 179 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The numbers are small. Scattered across the landscape that was Nazi Germany, the Resistance looks puny: too little, too late. And yet, in the context of a police state, it assumes larger proportions. For those who have never known life under such a regime, it is hard to grasp the daily terror that makes an act of political graffiti a capital offense, that labels resistance "treason." Now, drawing on archival materials and on interviews with those few resisters and their families who survived, Anton Gill brings their story to light. Here are union leaders and businessmen, priests and Communists, students and factory workers; above all, here are the only people who had any plausible chance at more than symbolic resistance: those in the Army, the Foreign Office, the Abwehr. For these, obeying the dictates of conscience meant betraying the demands of government, and every day brought the risk of denunciation and death. Not many survived. Seen in terms of numbers, this is a story of defeat. But in the larger moral universe, it must be acknowledged as an honourable defeat: against awful odds and in appalling circumstances, these men and women kept the faith - a tribute to the power of human conscience

Extinct by Anton Gill( Book )

6 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 163 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book brings to life in incredible detail species that have long since vanished, combining the latest 3D computer graphics technology with animatronic models to reconstruct the lives of six almost mythical creatures in their natural environment

Mad about the boy : the life and times of Boy George and Culture Club by Anton Gill( Book )

4 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Il gigante : Florence, Michelangelo and the David, 1492-1504 by Anton Gill( Book )

7 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and Dutch and held by 141 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"At the turn of the 16th century Italy was a turbulent territory made up of independent states, each at war with or intriguing against its neighbour. There were the proud, cultivated and degenerate Sforzas in Milan and, in Rome, the corrupt Spanish family of the Borgia whose head, Rodrigo, ascended to St Peter's throne as Pope Alexander VI. In Florence, a golden age of culture and sophistication ended with the death of the greatest of the Medici family, Lorenzo the Magnificent, giving way to an era of uncertainty, cruelty and religious fundamentalism." "In the midst of this turmoil, there existed the greatest concentration of artists that Europe has ever known. Influenced by the rediscovery of the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, artists and thinkers such as Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci threw off the shackles of the Middle Ages to produce one of the most creative periods in history - the Renaissance. This is the story of twelve years when war, plague, famine and chaos made their mark on a volatile Italy, and when a young, erratic genius, Michelangelo Buonarroti, made his great statue - the David. It was to become a symbol not only of the independence and defiance of the city of Florence but also of the tortured soul who created it."--Jacket

The sacred scroll by Anton Gill( Book )

14 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Constantinople, 1204: the holy city is razed to the ground by Crusaders - the streets awash with blood. Modern day Istanbul: an elite group of archaeologists uncover the grave of Enrico Dandolo, once Doge of Venice, and leader of the bloodthirsty Fourth Crusade. They seek a legendary set of documents that reveal the truth behind Dandolo's rumoured secret links to the Templar knights. Days later the team vanishes without a trace. All that remains in the ransacked grave is a strange key inscribed with an ancient code. Special Interpol Operatives Jack and Laura are called in. They soon find themselves battling against an ancient enemy in a life or death race against time. The dark secret of the Templar knights is about to be revealed." --Publisher description

Ruling passions : sex, race, and empire by Anton Gill( Book )

3 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

City of gold by Anton Gill( Book )

4 editions published in 2013 in English and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A rumour is going around the world that a vast source of gold has been discovered, if it's true it could mean the downfall of the US dominance over the financial world. An international dealer in antique maps flies in to conclude the deal of his life. But at the meeting with his mysterious principals, he is double-crossed and murdered

The devil's mariner : a life of William Dampier, pirate and explorer, 1651-1715 by Anton Gill( Book )

6 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Last talons of the eagle : secret Nazi technology which could have changed the course of World War II by Gary Hyland( Book )

7 editions published between 1998 and 1999 in English and held by 109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The rise and fall of Babylon : gateway of the gods by Anton Gill( Book )

8 editions published between 2008 and 2012 in English and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anton Gill charts the history of Babylon, home of the Hanging Gardens and a wonder of the ancient world in itself. He chronicles the city's rise under Hammurabi, its fortunes in the centuries that followed, its golden age under a dynasty of Chaldean kings, and the life of its last great king, Nebuchadnezzar II