Spymaster: The Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield
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"I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief." (Richard Davenport-Hines, The Spectator). The...
Bumper: The Life and Times of Frank 'Bumper' Farrell
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The sprawling saga of legendary Australian cop, Bumper Farrell, the most feared and revered...
Captain of the Carpathia: The Seafaring Life of Titanic Hero Sir Arthur Henry Rostron
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Responding to Titanic's distress calls in the early hours of 15 April 1912, Captain Arthur Rostron...
Earl and His Butler in Constantinople: The Secret Diary of an English Servant Among the Ottomans
Nigel R. Webb and Caroline Webb
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George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, was an unconventional ambassador. A Scottish aristocrat who had...
Eleanor Marx: A Life
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Unrestrained by convention, lionhearted and free, Eleanor Marx (1855-98) was an exceptional woman....
Fatal Glamour: The Life of Rupert Brooke
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Rupert Brooke (b. 1887) died on April 23, 1915, two days before the start of the Battle of...
Fighter Ace: The Extraordinary Life of Douglas Bader, Battle of Britain Hero
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THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY TO TRULY SEPARATE FACT FROM MYTH AND LEGEND. The story of Douglas Bader, the RAF...
Flaubert
Michel Winock and Nicholas Elliot
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Michel Winock's biography situates Gustave Flaubert's life and work in France's century of great...
Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly
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Everyone from Sir Paul McCartney and Jimmy Page to Queens of the Stone Age now relishes the chance...
Francis: Man of Prayer
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First Jesuit. First Latin American. And a new pope who chose as his first act a simple request:...