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Literary Biographies

  • Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance (Paperback)

    Ramie Targoff
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    This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of...

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  • Orwell

    Wordsworth Books
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  • The Bronte Sisters: Life, Loss and Literature

    Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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    Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall...these fictional masterpieces are all recognised as landmarks of English Literature. Sti...

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  • Just Sayin': My Life In Words

    Cornerstone
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    The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering and inspiring account of a life in books.Malori...

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  • Orwell

    D.J. Taylor
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  • Shakespeare: The World as a Stage

    Bill Bryson
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    Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet...

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  • The Wonderful World of James Herriot (Hardcover)

    James Herriot
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    The perfect gift for fans of All Creatures Great and Small, this is a charming collection of classic stories from James Herriot's much-loved books ...

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  • Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse

    Wordsworth Books
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    National Geographic Traveller's the best books on European cities, 2019In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway was approaching fifty and hadn't published a...

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  • Climbing Higher: Sindiwe Magona

    Dianne Shober
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  • A Moveable Feast (Paperback)

    Ernest Hemingway
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    Hemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the twenties are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of wit. Loo...

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  • Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh

    Wordsworth Books
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    Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh is drawn from Ann Thwaite's acclaimed biography of A. A. Milne, one of the ...

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  • J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography

    Humphrey Carpenter
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    The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien, reissued to mark Tolkien's 125th Annivers...

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  • Jane Austen: A Life

    Wordsworth Books
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    Jane Austen is the definitive biography of one of Britain's best-loved novelists, from the acclaimed author of Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, C...

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  • Jane Was Here: An illustrated guide to Jane Austen's England

    Wordsworth Books
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    Jane Was Here is a whimsical, illustrated guide to Jane Austen's England - from the settings in her novels and the scenes in the wildly popular tel...

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  • Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce

    Wordsworth Books
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    An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices__________________'A father...is a necessary...

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  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Hardcover)

    Wordsworth Books
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  • 9781035051809

    An Area Of Darkness

    V.s. Naipaul
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    'His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to the slow hand-in-hand revelations of both India and himself' - The TimesAn Area o...

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  • Orlando

    Wordsworth Books
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  • Walden (Paperback)

    Henry David Thoreau
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    WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BENJAMIN MARKOVITS In 1845 Thoreau, a Harvard-educated 28-year-old, went to live by himself in the woods in Massachusett...

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  • The Outrun: Film Tie-in (Paperback)

    Amy Liptrot
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    NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING SAOIRSE RONANWITH A NEW AFTERWORD FROM THE AUTHORTHE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE AND ...

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  • The Scent Of Flowers At Night

    Leila Slimani
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    FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LULLABY, AND TRANSLATED BY SAM TAYLOR'A revelation - I have never felt more seen by a book, nor have...

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  • Love and Fury: A Memoir (Trade Paperback)

    Margie Orford
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    ‘This book kept me alive.’Love and Fury is the compelling and intimate account of the life, loves and furies of Margie Orford. In this brave memoir...

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  • The Secret Life of John le Carré (Hardcover)

    Adam Sisman
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    'Now that he is dead, we can know him better.'Secrecy came naturally to John le Carre, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep....

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  • A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carre 1945-2020

    Penguin Books Ltd
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    John le Carre was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling collection letters - written to readers, publishers, film-makers and actors, poli...

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