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Spy Who Loved
By Clare Mulley
Paperback
Published 11-Apr-2013
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The remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, George Medal, OBE and Croix de Guerre.
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Not for Turning
By Robin Harris
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Published 25-Apr-2013
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Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. This autobiography tells her life story, from humble beginnings above her father's shop in Grantham, to her days as the Prime Minister.
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Last Man Standing
By Jack Straw
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Published 23-May-2013
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The autobiography of Jack Straw - an MP for thirty-three years and at the heart of government throughout the longest-serving Labour administration in history
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Cherry
By Sara Wheeler
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Published 31-Aug-2002
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Apsley Cherry Garrard (1886-1959) was one of the youngest members of Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic. Cherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. This work presents the biography of Cherry.
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Graven with Diamonds
By Nicola Shulman
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Published 07-Apr-2011
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In this witty, intriguing, accessible account, Nicola Shulman interweaves the bloody events of Henry's reign with the story of English love poetry and the life of its first master, Henry's most glamorous and enigmatic subject: Sir Thomas Wyatt.
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Tale of Frieda Keysser
By John H J Strehlow
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Story of My Life
By Giacoma Casanova
Paperback
Published 22-Sep-2001
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Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a notorious lover of the Western world. This title contains the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and escape; and his amorous conquests.
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English Affair
By Richard Davenport-Hines
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Published 03-Jan-2013
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Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.
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If This is a Man/The Truce
By Primo Levi
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Published 04-Apr-2013
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Twelve Caesars
By Matthew Dennison
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Published 01-Mar-2013
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An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and reach, and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the 'twelve Caesars'.
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