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Matthew Dennison
A beautifully written and produced celebration of the life of Beatrix Potter, one of the nation’s best-loved authors.
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The story of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children’s classic Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral that inspired it.
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An evocative telling of the life of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s last-born child, and of a sometimes fraught royal mother-daughter relationship.
A moving biography of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children’s classic The Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral life that inspired it.
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Beatrix Potter is one of the world’s bestselling, most cherished authors, whose books have enchanted generations of children for over a hundred years. Yet how she achieved this legendary status…
An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and reach, and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the twelve Caesars
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Aristocrat, literary celebrity, “Rose Queen’, devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new…
A moving biography of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children’s classic The Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral life that inspired it. During his regular…
The magisterial life of the woman whose family’s personal intrigues, romances and political rivalries have shaped much of post-war British history.
A concise life of Roald Dahl - much-loved author and creator of numerous iconic literary characters.
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‘A brilliant study of a brilliant woman’ LUCY WORSLEY History has forgotten Caroline of Ansbach, yet in her lifetime she was compared frequently to Elizabeth I and considered by some…
Aristocrat, literary celebrity, ‘Rose Queen’, devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new…
A brand-new biography of one of the most extraordinary figures of Antiquity.
From one of our finest literary biographers comes a brilliant biography of Roald Dahl: the much-loved author and creator of countless iconic literary characters. Roald Dahl was one of the…
Matthew Dennison (Associate Features Editor)
An unforgettable depiction of the Roman empire at the height of its power and reach, and an elegantly sensational retelling of the lives and times of the ‘twelve Caesars’.
Vita Sackville-West
Previously unpublished, it was discovered in a miniature book within the library of Queen Mary’s dollhouse at Windsor Castle. The story recounts the antics of a time-traveling sprite who inhabits…
