Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, but most of all a great novelis...
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Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures. She published "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", travelled to revolutionary France, and lived ...
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Presents the story of the life of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens. This book provides a truthful portrait of the great Victorian novelist. 24pp of illustrationsPRIZES:Winner of Hawthornden Prize 1991...
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Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She published "A Vindication of the Rights of Women", lived through Terror in France, ha...
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Presents the story of the relationship between Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens. This title details the relationship beyond all reasonable doubt. 16pp inset photos...
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Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan played a quite different role off-stage as lover to the future king, William IV, third son of George III. This story shows how Dora move...
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Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her generation, Dora Jordan played a quite different role offstage as the mistress of one of the sons of George lll. Dora bore him ten children, and they liv...
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Pursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she died aged only thirty-four she became one of the most influential writers of th...
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Pursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies at her heels. Dying at the age of only 34, she became posthumously one of the most influential writers of ...
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In this seminal biography of the enigmatic novelist and poet Thomas Hardy ("Tess of the d'Urbervilles"), Whitbread Award winner Tomalin skillfully identifies the inner demons and the outer mores that ...
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