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Hidden Lives
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Margaret Forster |
Margaret Forster's grandmother died in 1936, taking many secrets to her grave. Where had she spent the first 23 years of her life? Who was the woman in black who paid her a mysterious visit shortly b… |
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Love's civil war
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Elizabeth Bowen |
The love affair between writer Elizabeth Bowen & Canadian diplomat Charles Ritchie blossomed after their first meeting in 1941 & continued over the next 30 years until Bowen's death in 1973. When Rit… |
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Charlotte Brontë
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Raychel Haugrud Reiff |
In her time, Charlotte Brontë had to pretend to be a man in order to be published. She even hid her writing from her father. Soon after the publication of Jane Eyre, however, her publisher learned th… |
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Faithful handmaid
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Hester Davenport |
"Drawing on Fanny Burney's letters and journals of the time, Davenport explores the events of King George III's court, and Burney's place within it. She became Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte … |
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Don't panic
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Douglas Adams,Simon Jones,Neil Gaiman |
'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies'
**Douglas Adams**
*Don't Panic* celebrates the life of an ape-descended human called Douglas Adams who, in a field in Inn… |
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