{"product_id":"artist-spy-prisoner-george-tomaziu-9781915023063","title":"Artist Spy Prisoner: My Life in Romania Under Fascist and Communist Rule","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEW FROM ENVELOPEBOOKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn anguished memoir of one man's political struggle and physical resilience.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Romanian artist George Tomaziu must have anticipated being imprisoned for monitoring German troop movements through Romania during the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe may also have imagined that if the Allies won, and if he somehow survived the brutalisation of captivity and torture, his personal fight against Fascism would be acknowledged by his liberated compatriots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wasn't. Under the Communist government that came to power in late 1947, he was sent back to prison and stranded there, for 13 years, in the most inhuman conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the odds, he survived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is his story, translated from the French by Jane Reid, whose husband at the British Embassy in Bucharest managed to persuade the Romanians to allow Tomaziu, his wife and child to leave the country. Tomaziu settled in Paris, where he wrote this account but could not find a publisher for it. He died in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Tomaziu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915023068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915023063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Envelopebooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.53d","brand":"George Tomaziu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305730785535,"sku":"9781915023063","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3869ceb6-481b-4b4a-977f-1c38c2c8b1e7.jpg?v=1758831638","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/artist-spy-prisoner-george-tomaziu-9781915023063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}