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Samuel Pepys
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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 … |
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Churchill
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Ashley Jackson |
"Winston Churchill attracted far more criticism alive than he has since his death. He was, according to Evelyn Waugh, 'always in the wrong, surrounded by crooks, a terrible father, a radio personalit… |
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The One Thomas More
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Travis Curtright |
"Thomas More" the humanist. "Sir Thomas More" the statesman. "Saint Thomas More" the martyr. Who was Thomas More? Which characterization of him is most true? Despite these multiple images and th… |
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John Bright
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William Cash |
"John Bright was one of the greatest British statesmen of the 19th century: in a series of Punch cartoons in 1878, Bright featured alongside Disraeli and Gladstone as the three greatest politicians o… |
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The Intellectual Life of Edmond Burke
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David Bromwich |
Edmond Burke's intellectual development from his early days through losing the seat for Bristol. |
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Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal
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John Matusiak |
335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm |
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Thomas Cromwell
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Tracy Borman |
Reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power, Thomas Cromwell was also a loving husband, father and guardian, a witty and generous host, and a loyal and devoted se… |
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Marlborough
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Richard Holmes |
xxvii, 564 p., [24] p. of plates : 20 cm |
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Churchill
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Paul Addison |
"In this incisive biography, Paul Addison examines both the life of the most iconic figure in twentieth-century Bristish history, and the battle over his reputation, which continues to this day."--Ja… |
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Tudor placemen and statesmen
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Narasingha Prosad Sil |
"Tudor Placemen and Statesmen: Select Case Histories studies the lives of four courtiers of the second rank to illustrate the operation of Tudor government contending with the declining yet influenti… |
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