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His father committed suicide in 1920 [2] and his mother remarried in 1926; Maurice subsequently took the name of his adoptive father, the lawyer René Druon (1874–1961). He was the nephew of the writer Joseph Kessel , with whom he translated the " Chant des Partisans ", a French Resistance anthem of World War II , with music and words (in ...
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Martin dubbed The Accursed Kings "the original game of thrones", citing Druon's novels as an inspiration for his own series A Song of Ice and Fire. [1] [18] [2] [5] Martin's UK publisher HarperCollins began reissuing the long out of print Accursed Kings series in 2013, [1] [2] with Martin himself writing an introduction. [18] [2] [5] He wrote:
The Possessors (French: Les Grandes familles) is a 1958 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Jean Desailly, Françoise Christophe and Annie Ducaux. It tells the story of a forceful tycoon wholly devoted to the business he has nurtured, at the expense of his family and above ...
Ronald Pope (16 August 1920–14 May 1997 [1]) was an English sculptor and artist. Biography. Pope was born in 1920 and after his studies moved to Derbyshire to work ...
The technical distinction between a pond and a lake has not been universally standardized. Limnologists and freshwater biologists have proposed formal definitions for pond, in part to include 'bodies of water where light penetrates to the bottom of the waterbody', 'bodies of water shallow enough for rooted water plants to grow throughout', and 'bodies of water which lack wave action on the ...
Pond is an Australian psychedelic rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 2008. Initially featuring a revolving line-up, since 2016 the band has consisted of Nick Allbrook , Jay Watson , Shiny Joe Ryan , Jamie Terry, and James Ireland.
Pob's Programme is a children's television programme which was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4.The programme is presented by a puppet named Pob (played by puppeteer Robin Stevens), who speaks with a speech impediment and who supposedly lives inside the viewer's TV (the casing and red, green and blue electron guns visible behind him).