The Life of Nelson: Volume 1
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Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was Poet Laureate from 1813 to...
Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer
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Ernest Shackleton is one of history's great explorers, an extraordinary character who pioneered the...
Sister Mother Husband Dog (Etc)
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Delia Ephron brings her trademark wit and effervescent prose to a series of unforgettable, moving...
Summer in the Shadow of Byron
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Villa Diodati. 1816. In a villa on the shore of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and his...
The Art of Flight
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Accidental Journeys with the Bestselling Author of The Fly Trap Stories just begin. We rarely know...
Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
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Ray Charles (1930-2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother...
Dylan Thomas: A New Life
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The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n' roll' lifestyle...
England's Queens: From Boudica to Elizabeth of York
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England has always been a place of queens. The earliest known lived nearly 2,000 years ago. Early...
Jane Austen: A Brief Life
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Every devoted reader feels that, in some way, they know Jane Austen. But how can we make sense of...
Life, Love and the Archers: Recollections, Reviews and Other Prose
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Wendy Cope has long been one of the nation's best-loved poets, with her sharp eye for human foibles...