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Summer Books 2008
A selection of forthcoming titles for July, August and early September
Biographical
Into Danger: People Who Risk Their Lives For Work Kate Adie Although at JS we have certainly been exposed to some dangerously bad books, we don't feature  hbk £20
Captivated: J M Barrie, The Du Mauriers And The Dark Side Of Neverland Piers Dudgeon hbk £18.99
Ever, Dirk: The Bogarde Letters John Coldstream (ed) hbk £25
Lewis Carroll In Numberland Robin Wilson An account of Dodgson's mathematical enthusiasms hbk £16.99
Casanova Ian Kelly There have been many previous biographies, as well as the 3600 pages of autobiography, but this apparently draws on previously unpublished material hbk £20
In Tearing Haste: The Letters Of The Duchess of Devonshire And Patrick Leigh Fermor Charlotte Mosley (ed) A record of a friendship, with letters from 1954 to 2007. Due early September hbk £25
Elizabeth In The Garden: A Story Of Love, Rivalry And Spectacular Design Trea Martyn How Lord Robert Dudley and Sir William Cecil competed through their gardens for the queen's notice hbk £18.99
Ettie: The Life And World Of Lady Desborough Richard Davenport-Hines hbk £25
The Man Who Outshone The Sun King: The Rise And Fall Of Nicolas Fouquet Charles Drazin The story of Louis XIV's finance minister hbk £17.99
Samuel Johnson Peter Martin The author recently wrote a volume on Boswell, so it seems natural that this new biography should appear hbk £25
The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined A Nation Ophelia Field The Whig powerhouse of the 1690s, including Congreve, Addison, Steele, Vanbrugh hbk £25
The Pearl: A True Tale Of Forbidden Love In Catherine The Great's Russia Douglas Smith Praskovia Kovalyova ('The Pearl'), was the greatest opera diva of her time. She was also the serf of her lover, Count Nicholas Sheremetev. A remarkable bit of sleuthing, this book is an account of their tortuous, tragic romance and of their times hbk £25
The Islander: A Biography Of Halldor Laxness Halldor Guomundsson Author of over 60 novels, Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1955 hbk £25
Holy Dread: Diaries 1982-1984 James Lees-Milne pbk £11.99
Diaries: 1984-1997 James Lees-Milne, Michael Bloch (ed) The 3rd (and final) compilation hbk £30
Grub Street Irregular: Scenes From A Literary Life Jeremy Lewis A new volume of autobiography hbk £20
Selected Letters Of Julian Maclaren-Ross Paul Willetts (ed) The correspondence of one of the most dissolute bohemians of 40s and 50s Soho pbk £9.95
Marie-Thérèse: The Fate Of Marie Antoinette's Daughter Susan Nagel Not only did she survive the Terror, but remained steadfastly loyal to France throughout her life. This biography also aims to deal definitively with the 'switch' theory hbk £25
Magnifico: The Life And Violent Times Of Lorenzo De' Medici Miles Unger How the great patron of the arts used great charm and ruthless cunning to navigate the labyrinth of Italian politics hbk £22
Racing With Death: Douglas Mawson - Antarctic Explorer Beau Riffenburgh Examines the 1911 Australian expedition, and how Mawson survived a year alone in the Antarctic hbk £18.99
A Daughter's Love: Thomas & Margaret More John Guy From the acclaimed biographer of Mary, Queen Of Scots hbk £25
The Seven Lives Of John Murray: The Story Of A Publishing Dynasty Humphrey Carpenter An excellent, readable account that takes us beyond Byron, to broader aspects of the trade and the changing times hbk £25
Philip II Of Macedonia Ian Worthington The man who conquered Greece was also the father of Alexander The Great hbk £25
Pius XII: The Reluctant Reich Maker Gerard Noel hbk £20
Sissinghurst: A Family, A Place And Its Past Adam Nicolson A tour of Harold & Vita's house by their grandson, himself a fine writer (Sept) hbk £20
Star Of The Morning: The Extraordinary Life Of Lady Hester Stanhope Kirsten Ellis hbk £25
A Strange Eventful History: The Dramatic Lives Of Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, And Their Remarkable Families Michael Holroyd The author's first major biography in years hbk £25
Oscar's Books Thomas Wright An exploration of Wilde's personality through his reading hbk £16.99
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