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Spring Books 2009
A selection of new titles for April, May and early June
Biography
Enlightening: Letters Of Isaiah Berlin 1946-1960 Henry Hardy & Jennifer Holmes (eds) After 'Flourishing', a further volume  hbk £35
The Book Of Isaiah Henry Hardy (ed) Tributes to and reflections on the great man by those who knew him, including a short piece by his father hbk £25
Catherine the Great Simon Dixon The subject has not been entirely ignored by historians, but this new biography has been very well reviewed - Unavailable
Chaplin's Girl: Virginia Cherrill Miranda Seymour Brought from obscurity to be star of 'City Lights', she was the darling of 1930s Hollywood - but gave it all up after marrying Cary Grant hbk £15.99
Angels And Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln And Modern Life Adam Gopnik A comparative study of Darwin and Lincoln by the popular 'New Yorker' contributor hbk £16.99
Home To Roost The Duchess of Devonshire, introduction by Alan Bennett In the spirit of 'Counting My Chickens', further anecdotes & observations hbk £10
When You Put On A Red Shirt Keith Dewhurst Looking back on a lifelong passion for Manchester United hbk £16.99
Diaghilev And His Friends Joy Melville Nijinsky, Picasso, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and their escapades hbk £20
The Pattern In The Carpet: A Personal History With Jigsaws Margaret Drabble We hope this novel approach to biography will not be too puzzling hbk £18.99
Eleanor Of Aquitaine Ralph V Turner The author has concentrated on primary sources to bring this compelling figure to life hbk £25
George Eliot Brenda Maddox A short biography in the 'Eminent Lives' series - Unavailable
The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life Of Friedrich Engels Tristram Hunt Victorian 'bon viveur' and co-author of the 'Communist Manifesto' (still available) hbk £25
The Music Room William Fiennes An autobiographical account of growing up in the family's moated castle. An admirable successor to the widely praised 'The Snow Geese' (pbk, £7.99), it is also memorable for its oblique portraits of Fiennes's parents hbk £14.99
Fisher: The Admiral Who Reinvented The Royal Navy David Wragg A comprehensive biography of the man who was determined to prepare the Royal Navy for war with Germany hbk £25
Last Rites John Lukacs From the respected historian, a volume of autobiography hbk £18.99
Harold Macmillan Charles Williams From the biographer of de Gaulle, Pétain & Adenauer hbk £25
The Genius & The Goddess Jeffrey Meyers Arthur Miller & Marilyn Monroe, in that order hbk £20
Paradoxes Of Peace Nicholas Mosley A sequel to his earlier memoir, 'Time At War' (pbk, £8.99) pbk £9.99
Frances Partridge: A Life Anne Chisholm At last! The authorised life of the great diarist, first promised in 2008 hbk £25
The Old Boys' Network: John Rae's Diaries 1972-1988 The high-profile former headmaster of Westminster hbk £17.99
The Blue Hour Lilian Pizzichini A new biography of Jean Rhys hbk £18.99
Me - The Authorised Biography Byron Rogers Enough about you… hbk £14.99
Shah Jahan: The Rise And Fall Of The Mughal Empire Fergus Nicholl The ruler's name means 'King of the World' in Persian - he was responsible for, among other things, the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort & the Peacock Throne hbk £20
The "Daily Telegraph" Book Of Imperial And Commonwealth Obituaries David Twiston-Davies (ed) Collections of obituaries usually come out for Christmas. We're delighted to have some unseasonal morbidity to offer hbk £19.99
The Magnificent Mrs Tennant David Waller Remembered now, if at all, through footnotes in biographies of Wilde, Henry James and others, Gertrude Tennant was a lively lady in her own right hbk £20
Stalin's Nemesis: The Exile And Murder Of Leon Trotsky Bertrand Patenaude A truly deadly rivalry which reached its conclusion in a Mexican villa borrowed from Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo hbk £20
Venus Of Empire Flora Fraser A life of Napoleon's sister, Pauline hbk £20
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In Renaissance Europe Stella Fletcher This biography focuses on Wolsey's impact on history through both Church and State hbk £20
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