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Historical Biography
Biographies of pre-20th century characters like Nelson, Napoleon to Buddha or Ghengis Khan.
| FRANK HARRIS Book Number: 56215 |
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First published in 1909 as 'The Man Shakespeare and his Tragic Life Story' this is a lively biography of England's and arguably the world's greatest playwright and poet by an ardent admirer. A pro...
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| G. K. CHESTERTON Book Number: 56220 |
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In the words of John Carey, 'Readers seeking a short introduction to the Inimitable should try G. K. Chesterton's Dickens.' 'Dickens was most accurate when he was most fantastic. He exaggerated w...
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| ELIZABETH GASKELL Book Number: 56221 |
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In devoting two years of her own life to 'The Life of Charlotte Brontë', Elizabeth Gaskell wrote what with good reason has been held up as ‘the first successful biography of a woman by a woman’. Ch...
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| MATHILDE BLIND Book Number: 56224 |
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This is the first full-length biography of George Eliot, published just three years after her death, by a freethinking German-Jewish émigré and proto-feminist: the first to tackle the Lewes relatio...
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| WASHINGTON IRVING Book Number: 56597 |
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According to Mohammed, the one true religion was revealed to five great prophets before him - Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. But each time their message was ignored and people chose to worsh...
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| JAMES BOSWELL Book Number: 57492 |
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The 22-year old James Boswell first met Johnson, who was then aged 54, in 1763. Nine years later he wrote in his journal of his 'constant plan to write the life of Mr Johnson'. Boswell was tirele...
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| ROBERT EASTON Book Number: 67657 |
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Royalty has a certain mystique, so we should not be surprised to find that they often meet their maker in ways more exotic, unlikely, unlucky, horrifying or just plain silly than the rest of us. Th...
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| OLIVER THOMSON Book Number: 67852 |
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Of all the dynastic royal families in European history, the Bourbons were probably the most remarkable, and certainly the most tenacious. They ruled three kingdoms, France, Spain and Italy simultan...
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| DAVID NOKES Book Number: 67973 |
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The first and most enduring image of Dr Johnson was created by James Boswell in 1791. Although they have always been regarded as one of the great literary double acts, Boswell spent barely more th...
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| NICHOLAS ROBINSON Book Number: 68039 |
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For more than 30 years until his death in 1797, the statesman and writer Edmund Burke was a powerful and passionate voice on the great political issues of late 18th century Britain. The broad rang...
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