Basic Books
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II
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The decline of the English country houses commenced with an accumulation of events beginning in the late 1890s. There was an agricultural depression ...Read Review
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
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Venus and Aphrodite is a journey through time at the conception, birth, and transformation of a goddess associated with love and desire. Yet ...Read Review
Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household
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Fascination with royalty has always existed but is perhaps at a high right now, particularly in the US, with the popularity of television ...Read Review
A Man Of No Moon
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In McPhee’s entrancing tale of post-war Italy, Dante Omero Sabato is a famous poet, novelist, and translator with two obsessions: suicide and ...Read Review
The Mapmaker’s Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
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One would be hard-pressed to find a more disingenuous title for a book, as Jean Godin was more gofer than mapmaker, the majority ...Read Review
