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Spring Books 2006

A selection of titles published between April and June

Biographical

 
bulletSimón Bolívar: A Life   John Lynch   The story and character of 'The Liberator' - a man who changed the course of South American history   hbk £25
bulletGeorge Mackay Brown: The Life   Maggie Fergusson   Published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the writer's death, the first definitive biography   hbk £25
bulletCaesar: The Life Of A Colossus   Adrian Goldsworthy   hbk £25
bulletFlaubert   Frederick Brown   hbk £25
bulletAva Gardner: Love Is Nothing   Lee Server   The remarkable life and adventures of a screen goddess   hbk £20pbk £8.99
bulletThe Letters Of Martha Gellhorn   Caroline Moorehead (ed)   hbk £30
bulletCousins Divided: George V And Nicholas II   Ann Morrow   Fearful of repercussions, the King went back on his offer of sanctuary to the Tsar and his family   hbk £20
bulletThomas Hardy: The Guarded Life   Ralph Pite   The first new life of Hardy for 25 years   hbk £25
bulletEnchantment: The Life Of Audrey Hepburn   Donald Spoto   A revealing new biography of the icon   hbk £18.99
bulletRound Mr Horne: The Life Of Kenneth Horne   Barry Johnston   A biography of the 'last of the truly great radio comics'   hbk £16.99
bulletCaptain Professor   Michael Howard   A witty and perceptive memoir by the influential historian and defence advisor, with anecdotes about figures ranging from Zefirelli to Bishop Simon Phipps - and of course Oxford figures such as A L Rowse   hbk £19.99
bulletThings I Don't Know   Robert Hughes   Memories and ruminations from the opinionated historian and critic   hbk £25
bulletWhat I Believe   Anthony Kenny   A personal account of faith and doubt   hbk £14.99
bulletWilliam Kent: The Great Opportunist   Timothy Mowl   A major new biography of the gentleman who invented the Arcadian English garden   hbk £25
bulletA Mingled Measure: Diaries 1953-1972   James Lees-Milne   Another two reprints of the inimitable diaires   pbk £11.99
bulletAncient As The Hills: Diaries 1973-1974   James Lees-Milne   pbk £11.99
bullet'If Love Were All…': The Story Of Frances Stevenson And David Lloyd George   John Campbell   At the age of 48, Lloyd George engaged a 22-year-old as tutor to his children. She became his private secretary and lover, and, eventually, his wife   hbk £25
bulletReflections Of Prague: Journeys Through The Twentieth Century   Ivan Margolis   The history of a Jewish family during the Nazi & Russian occupations   hbk £16.99
bulletTelling Some Tales   Anna Massey   A sparkling memoir from the award-winning actress   hbk £17.99
bulletBad Faith: A Forgotten History Of Family And Fatherland   Carmen Callil   The story of Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs' in the Vichy government. Just out, superbly reviewed   hbk £20
bulletThe Ford Of Heaven: A Childhood In Tianjin, China   Brian Power, introduction by Frances Wood   A classic memoir reprinted, describing childhood in the treaty port of Tientsin in the 1920s, with a new postscript   pbk £12.99
bulletDavid Rizzio & Mary Queen Of Scots: Murder At Holyrood   David Tweedie   hbk £20
bulletRousseau's Dog: A Tale Of Two Great Thinkers At War In The Age Of The Enlightenment   David Edmonds & John Eidinow   From the authors of 'Wittgenstein's Poker' (pbk, £7.99), the story of how Hume brought Rousseau and his dog to sanctuary in England - and how it all went wrong   hbk £15.99
bulletThe Theatre Of The World: Alchemy, Astrology And Magic In Renaissance Prague   Peter Marshall   The story of Rudolf II and his world - Tycho Brahe, John Dee, Kepler, Archimboldo   hbk £17.99
bulletSainsbury's: The Record Years 1950-1992   Giles Emerson   How the supermarket chain changed the way we shop. We regret we are unable to redeem Nectar points against this purchase   hbk £18
bulletAdam Smith & The Pursuit Of Perfect Liberty   James Buchan   A brisk book on the great Scottish philosopher by an excellent writer, rescuing his ideas from the claims of, among others, prime ministerial hopefuls   hbk £14.99
bulletRobert Southey: Entire Man Of Letters   W.A. Speck   Although not widely read now, Southey was more celebrated in his time than his contemporaries, Wordsworth & Coleridge. In this new biography, the first for many years, the author argues that Southey's influence is still felt   hbk £25
bulletThe Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing And The Invention Of The Computer   David Leavitt   hbk £16.99
bulletPassionate Minds: The Great Enlightenment Love Affair   David Bodanis   The relationship between Voltaire and Emilie du Chatelet was a real meeting of minds, but it was also a dramatic story   hbk £17.99
bulletElizabeth's Spy Master: Francis Walsingham And The Secret War That Saved England   Robert Hutchinson   hbk £20
bulletOrson Welles: Hello Americans   Simon Callow   The second volume, covering the years from Citizen Kane to Macbeth   hbk £25
bulletWild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley   Patrick Marnham   And yes, it seems she was pretty wild   hbk £18.99

 

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