Archive: December 2020 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Taru Spiegel; (Year) 2020; (Month) December

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Thomas Mann and the Library of Congress

December 18, 2020

Thomas Mann‘s emigration to the United States in 1938 was one of many watersheds in a turbulent life. An important part of this life-change was his association with the Library of Congress from 1941 to 1952.

Posted in: European Reading Room

Reminders of Plantagenet Power in Today’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

December 4, 2020

Posted by: Taru Spiegel

English kings ruled Aquitaine from the 12th to the 15th centuries. There is still architectural evidence of English influence in that part of France.

Posted in: European Reading Room

Refined by: (Author) Taru Spiegel; (Year) 2020; (Month) December