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Winter Books 2009
A selection of titles published between January and March 2009, with some recommended reading
Biographical
Auldjo: A Life Of John Auldjo 1805-1866 Peter Jamieson Literary groupie (Bulwer Lytton, Walter Scott), traveller, member of the Royal Society, bon viveur  hbk £24
Marcus Aurelius Frank McLynn McLynn is a prolific author who has written on a wide range of subjects with consistent insight and narrative drive hbk £20
Last Days Of The Reich: The Diary Of Count Folke Bernadotte, October 1944-May 1945 Count Folke Bernadotte A new edition of his memoir, in which he describes his role as an intermediary between the Nazis and the Allies at the end of the war hbk £19.99
Valkyrie: The Plot To Kill Hitler Philipp von Boeselager The last survivor tells his story hbk £9.99
Love's Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen & Charles Ritchie Victoria Glendinning (ed) Letters and diaries from a love affair that began in 1941 and lasted until Bowen's death in 1973 hbk £14.99
Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match Wendy Moore The extraordinary story of Mary Eleanor Bowes hbk £18.99
Maurice Bowra: A Life Leslie Mitchell A life of this remarkable character will be welcome to many, and Mitchell (author of 'The Whig World' and 'Bulwer Lytton') is well suited to it hbk £25
Byron In Love Edna O'Brien The novelist paints a vivid portrait of the poet and of the women in his life hbk £12.99
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life Of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius Graham Farmelo The youngest winner of the Nobel Prize for physics, this pathologically reticent man is now thought to have been autistic h9 £22.50
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy Of Katherine, Mary And Lady Jane Grey Leanda de Lisle - Unavailable
Etty Hillesum: A Life Transformed Patrick Woodhouse A biography of the young Dutch woman who died at Auschwitz, whose diary remains one of the most important primary documents from the Holocaust pbk £12.99
The Kissinger Saga: Walter And Henry Kissinger: Two Brothers From Germany Evi Kurz The flight from Germany in 1938, and their huge success in post-war America hbk £18.99
He Knew He Was Right: The Irrepressible Life Of James Lovelock And Gaia Mary Gribbin & John Gribbin hbk £20
Straight On Till Morning: The Life Of Beryl Markham Mary S Lovell A welcome reprint pbk £10.99
The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II - Conqueror Of Constantinople, Master of an Empire and Lord of Two Seas John Freely hbk £18.99
Adam Mickiewicz: The Life Of A Romantic Roman Koropeckyj A detailed biography of this major European figure, long neglected in Britain hbk £22.95
The Man Who Owns The News: Inside The Secret World Of Rupert Murdoch Michael Wolff hbk £20
Peter The Great Derek Wilson The first major biography of this towering figure since Robert Massie's, a generation ago hbk £20
Rimbaud: The Double Life Of A Rebel Edmund White A short, illuminating biography of this 'enfant terrible' whose work had a profound influence on modern poetry, even though he wrote nothing after the age of 19 hbk £16.99
The King And The Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt & Edward The Seventh, Secret Partners David Fromkin From the author of 'A Peace To End All Peace', the story of two men who both exceeded the expectations of friends and critics, and formed a remarkable and significant alliance hbk £16.99
The Weight Of A Mustard Seed Wendell Steavenson How do you live under tyranny? This is the story of one of Saddam's senior generals, Kamel Sachet, and of his family, superbly told hbk £14.99
The Life And Times Of The Shah Gholam Reza Afkhami The first major biography in twenty-five years, by a former minister in pre-revolutionary Iran - Unavailable
Making an Elephant Graham Swift The writer gives an account of his life hbk £18.99
The Diaries Of Sofia Tolstoy introduction by Doris Lessing hbk £20
Dancing To The Precipice: Lucie de la Tour du Pin And The French Revolution Caroline Moorehead Most of our customers will be familiar with Mme de la Tour du Pin's splendid Memoirs (sadly out of print). This biography provides some valuable context hbk £20
Archibald Wavell: The Life And Times Of An Imperial Servant Adrian Fort The author wrote an excellent biography of Lindemann, 'The Prof'. This is a fine successor hbk £25
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