Voltaire: A Life
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We think of Voltaire as the epitome of the Enlightenment; in his own time he was also the most...
Walk into the Unknown
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In the summer of 1960 a stranger to Britain flew from her native Switzerland to Gatwick. Her name...
Plato: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself
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Written by Dr Roy Jackson, who Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, Plato: A...
Shakespeare's Bastard: The Life of Sir William Davenant
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Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) - Poet Laureate and Civil War hero - is one of the most influential...
Sir Matt Busby: The Definitive Biography
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Sir Matt Busby, the legendary Manchester United manager who saw the team through unprecedented...
Stumps & Runs & Rock 'n Roll: Sixty Years Beyond a Boundary
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Stumps & Runs & Rock 'n' Roll is Tim Quelch's sixty-year account of growing up and growing older...
Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
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The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman;...
The Death of Rugby: Neil Back's Story
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Fourteen years since his autobiography, Size Doesn't Matter, English rugby's most decorated flanker,...
The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume 1
Samuel Pepys and Leighton Pugh
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written...
The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints
Jacobus William Granger Ryan and Eamon Duffy
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Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of factual and fictional stories, The Golden Legend...