| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
ML 422 .D46 L36 2016 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18016 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9780952866817 (softbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - ML 422 .D46
- Item number - L36 2016
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Land-Reeves, Charles E.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Francesca :
- Remainder of title - the life, flight and death of a songbird /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - Charles E. Land-Reeves.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - West Sussex, United Kingdom :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Guildings Publishing,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - c2016.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - v, 216 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations ;
- Dimensions - 20 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Beginnings -- Concerts, Leslie and Marriage -- Life in England -- The Voyage East -- Life in Hong Kong -- The Philippines -- The Japanese -- Fort Santiago : Degradation and Despair -- Santo Tomas -- Freedom -- Francesca's New Life -- The Promised Land -- A new beginning -- Finale
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "From a privileged Belgian family she became an international diva, but at the start of her career, the shadows of war darkened her horizon. The story is true and is based upon diaries, letters, and recently found recordings of interviews made in the mid-1950s. Francesca also attempted to write a book about her life that was never completed. The manuscript was found in her possessions at her death. Many of the more intimate aspects of the story come from this manuscript. Other sources of material have been collected from relatives and friends who knew her well, and memories of the author, many of which he shared with her. By maintaining the styles of this collected information, the author believes that it gives authenticity and realism to this incredible story.
The story is about happiness, career, love, fame and the ability to deal with hardships that were beyond belief. Torture, imprisonment, rape, hunger and sickness during war times, play a major role in Francesca's story."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Denies, Francesca
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Prisoners of war
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- General subdivision - Biography
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