Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Caves of ice Caves of ice James Lees-Milne This work is a sequel to the author's wartime diaries - "Ancentral voices" and "Prophesying peace", and takes the story on into 1946-47 around England on behalf of the National Trust. OL1334436W
Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys Stephen Coote "Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), perhaps the most famous Englishman of the Restoration and one of the greatest writers of any period, is brought to life in this new biography. Pepys was a man of boundless … OL15861896W
Unpublished London diaries Unpublished London diaries Heather Creaton vii, 136 pages ; 26 cm OL18959328W
Diary Diary Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 is one of the mo… OL193961W
A life discarded A life discarded Alexander Masters "An unorthodox investigative literary biography of a mysterious graphomaniac whose nearly 150 diaries are rescued from a dumpster by the author"-- OL20047106W
Tragedy and triumph Tragedy and triumph Robert F. Scott The complete journals of R.F. Scott's 1910 British Antarctic expedition from the preparations for the trip in New Zealand to Scott's final message before he died, written just eleven miles from base … OL27963848W
Idiots in Paris Idiots in Paris Bennett, John G. xii, 145 p. ; 22 cm OL94576W