Word & Image: Art, Books and Design from the National Art Library
Julius Bryant, Elizabeth James and Rowan Watson
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This unique history brings together more than 150 spectacular objects from the National Art...
Remembering Diana: A Life in Photographs
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For the millions who adored the People's Princess, this lavish book celebrates Diana Spencer's life...
Where's Karl?: A Fashion Forward Parody
Stacey Caldwell and Ajiri A. Aki
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Find Karl Lagerfeld in fifteen fashion-filled illustrated scenes! Always on the go, Karl Lagerfeld...
My Sunday Best: 101 Curious Contemplations on Modern Life - The Telegraph
Matthew Pritchett and Oliver Pritchett
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A witty compendium of musings on modern life from two of Britain's best-loved humourists: Oliver and...
The Gauntlet (1977)
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A slow-witted Arizona cop (Clint Eastwood) is elected to go to Las Vegas to escort a prostitute...
Wind, Sand and Stars
Antoine de Saint-Exupery and William Rees
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Both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation, Antoine de Saint Exupery's Wind, Sand and...
David McK (3219 KP) rated Blood's Revolution in Books
Feb 8, 2020
Since the events covered in that novel, the young Holcroft Blood has grown up, and is no longer quite as naïve, perhaps, as he was before. The 'Merry Monarch' (Charles II) has also passed on, with his crown passing to his Catholic brother James II, as his Holcroft's father Colonel Thomas Blood (who attempted to steal the Crown Jewels in the previous novel).
The majority of this novel thus concerns itself with Holcroft being caught up in the events surrounding James II increasing alienation of Britain's Protestant political elite, while being hunted by a brutal French spy for his time doing the similar for Charles II in France.
I'm interested in seeing where this goes, and how Holcroft gets caught up in the later events, especially since The Battle of the Boyne (in which William, the Prince of Orange, defeats King James II) is still remembered every July 12th here in my homeland of Northern Ireland!
Stealing Harper (Taking Chances, #1.5)
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Chase Grayson has never been interested in having a relationship that lasts longer than it takes for...
Dumfries House: An Architectural Story
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On 18 July 1754, William Crichton Dalrymple, the 5th Earl of Dumfries, laid the foundation stone of...