NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR: 1984 (Penguin Clothbound Classics) by George Orwell

NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR: 1984 (Penguin Clothbound Classics) by George OrwellGeorge Orwell's masterwork, now in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series with a cover designed by Coralie Bickford SmithOne of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World''Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian

and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses

Fizzy hasn t ever really been in love

and a lion to drive off wolves

From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires

And her parents have a secret that threatens to unravel everything

attempting a race against time to acquire the impossible

her stepmother

A forger with a secret past

the lover with a secret past

and ultimately hopeful re-creation of Lale Sokolov's experiences as the man who tattooed the arms of thousands of prisoners with what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust

*Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient

He was apprenticed to a local architect and attended King's College London