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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

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Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).

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On the Beach

novel by Shute

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discussed in biography

In Nevil Shute
His most famous work, On the Beach (1957), which he wrote while living in Australia, reflected his pessimism for humanity in the atomic age.
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film adaptation

In Stanley Kramer: Directing
…adaptation of Nevil Shute’s apocalyptic novel. The powerful film starred Fred Astaire, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins, and Gregory Peck.
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In On the Beach
…was based on the apocalyptic novel of the same name by Nevil Shute.
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