Michael Pearson (writer, 1924)

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Michael Pearson (* 1924 in Buenos Aires ) is a British journalist and writer.

Life

At the age of 16 he became a reporter for a small news agency. Michael Pearson has written plays, magazine articles and short stories, and has published eleven books. He wrote u. a. two novels, non-fiction books about the American Revolution , prostitution in Great Britain during the Victorian Age , Lenin's journey in a sealed car in April 1917, a biography about Inessa Armand and a thriller . The works have been translated into 12 languages. He lives in London with his wife Susan Pearson and three children.

Works

  • with Bill Strutton: The secret invaders . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1958.
  • The millionaire mentality . Secker & Warburg, London 1961.
  • The million dollar bugs . GP Putnam's Sons, New York 1969.
  • Those damned rebels. The American Revolution is seen through British eyes . GP Putnam's Sons, New York 1972.
  • The age of consent. Victorian prostitution and its enemies . David & Charles, 1972 → US edition: The five Pound virgins / The £ 5 Virgins . Saturday Review Press, New York 1972.
  • The sealed train . Putnam, New York 1975. Digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fathens.indymedia.org%2Fmedia%2Fold%2Fpearson_-_the_sealed_train__1975_.pdf~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided% 3D ~ LT% 3D ~ PUR% 3D
    • German translation by Götz Pommer: The sealed wagon. Lenin's path from exile to power . Universitas Verlag, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-8004-0845-7 .
    • French translation: Le wagon plombé. Lénine année 17 - De l'exil au pouvoir . 1987.
    • Italian translation: Il treno piombato. Sperling & Kupfer , Milan, 1976.
  • Tears of glory. The betrayal of Vercors , 1944 . Macmillan Publishers, London 1978.
  • The store . historical novel / family saga. Simon & Schuster, New York 1981.
    • German translation by Hermann Stiehl: Das Warenhaus . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-498-05240-9 .
    • French translation: La fortune des Kingston . Pierre Belfond, 1982.
  • The keys of the city . Novel. Warner Books, New York 1985.
    • French translation: Une femme d'argent . J'ai lu , Paris 1999.
  • The shadow of Elizabeth . Thriller. William Heinemann Ltd., London 1990.
    • Polish translation: Cień Elżbiety . Amber, 1991.
  • Millennial dreams and moral dilemmas. Seventh-day adventism and contemporary ethics . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990, ISBN 978-0-521-09148-0 .
  • Inessa. Lenin's mistress . Gerald Duckworth & Co., London 2001. → Edition 2002: Lenin's mistress. The life of Inessa Armand .
    • Turkish translation: Aşk ve Devrim. İnessa-Lenin'in Sevgilisi . Karsi Yayinlari, 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pearson, Michael, 1924-. Library of Congress , accessed February 26, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Pearson, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires