Helen of Troy
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A lush, seductive novel of the legendary beauty whose face launched a thousand ships Daughter of a...
George Herbert: 100 Poems
George Herbert and Helen Wilcox
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George Herbert (1593-1633) is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet in the English...
Yours, E.R.
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The Queen is the most iconic figure in modern Britain. For more than sixty years she has been on...
Villette
Charlotte Brontë and Helen Cooper
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Villette is Charlotte Bronte's powerful autobiographical novel of one woman's search for true love,...
Nocturnes at Nohant: The Decade of Chopin and Sand
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'Today, I shall have a few guests, Madame Sand amongst them.' It's December 1836, Paris. Chopin is...
Jesus and Brian: Exploring the Historical Jesus and His Times via Monty Python's Life of Brian
Terry Jones and Joan E. Taylor
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Monty Python's Life of Brian film is known for its brilliant satirical humour. Less well known is...
The Times Great Women's Lives: A Celebration in Obituaries
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This selection of Times obituaries from 1872 to 2014 revisits the lives of 125 women who have all,...
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Life Beyond Her Wildest Dreams
Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince
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God had a talent for creating exceptional women--Helen of Troy and Cleopatra come to mind. So does...