検索キーワード： "Robert A Johnson" 近代

The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career - 1958 to 1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark.

Un roman policier passionnant et une recherche historique sur la courte vie de Robert Johnson, considéré par la plupart comme le grand-père du rock mais adoré par les fans de blues. Un récit fascinant et peut-être la réponse d’un arcane obscur, dense d’ésotérisme et de fanatisme religieux, qui conduisirent à la mort violente et prématurée de celui qui fut qualifié de Fils du Diable. Qu’en est-il du talent artistique de Robert Johnson ? A-t-il vraiment conclu un pacte avec Satan pour obtenir la célébrité et l’honneur dans le monde de la musique ?

Eine spannende gelbe und historische Recherche über das kurze Leben von Robert Johnson, der von den meisten als der Großvater des Rock angesehen wird, aber von Blues-Fans geliebt wird. Eine fesselnde Erzählung und vielleicht die Lösung eines dunklen Knäuels voller Esoterik und religiösem Fanatismus, das zum gewaltsamen und vorzeitigen Tod desjenigen führte, der als Sohn des Teufels gebrandmarkt wurde.

An emotional thriller with a historical research of the short life of Robert Johnson, considered by most as the grandfather of rock, but adored by blues fans. A compelling narration that perhaps offers a solution to a mysterious intrigue, full of esotery and religious fanaticism, that lead to the violent and early death of the one that was labelled the Devil's Son.

Master of the Senate, told with an abundance of rich detail that could only have come from Caro’s peerless research, is both a galvanizing portrait of the man himself—the titan of Capital Hill, volcanic, mesmerizing—and a definitive and revelatory study of the workings and personal and legislative power.