Claire Thurlow
Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen
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Historian and biographer, Alison Weir, embarks on a new series of novels examining in turn the lives of each of Henry VIII’s ...Read Review
The World Hegemon: The British Isles 1832-1914
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During Queen Victoria’s reign, and the period leading up to the outbreak of the First World War, Britain enjoyed a ‘golden age’ ...Read Review
Caged Angel
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In 1837, aged 23, Angela Burdett inherits her grandfather’s share in Coutts Bank, making her the richest woman in England. She changes her name ...Read Review
An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came To Fight America
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Since the arrival of the Mayflower, the American colonies had been a prized possession of the British Empire. Yet in 1775 violence erupted and ...Read Review
The Forgotten Family
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In 1890, Queenie Bonner is a happy and boisterous two-year old living in the slums of London. When she is ‘sold’ by her parents ...Read Review
Mr and Mrs Disraeli
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This biography recounts the relationship between 19th-century statesman and novelist Benjamin Disraeli and his wife, Mary Anne. Despite prejudice for his Jewish, non-aristocratic ...Read Review
Life in a Cold Climate: Nancy Mitford, the Biography
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Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was the eldest of the aristocratic, but often scandalous, Mitford sisters. She was a successful novelist, journalist and biographer, but ...Read Review
Some Lucky Day
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In 1942, 21-year-old Kitty Pargeter is serving with the Air Transport Auxiliary. She and her best friend, Charlotte, are two of the rare female ...Read Review
Pegasus
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Alex and Nick are German aristocrats, enjoying comfortable lives until Hitler’s increasingly powerful Reich threatens both men and their families. Close friends ...Read Review
The Mill Girl
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In 1850s Warwickshire, Maryann Meadows expects to spend her working life in one of the local mills. But when the death of her ...Read Review
