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    Hardy Women

    Paula Byrne

    A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER

    'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all'
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    Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead

    Paula Byrne

    A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England’s greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most significant friendships of…

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    Hardy Women

    Paula Byrne

    A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER

    'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all'
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    Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson

    Paula Byrne

    This compelling and richly researched book presents a fascinating portrait ofMary Robinson–darling of the London stage, mistress to the most powerful menin England, feminist thinker, and bestselling author.

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    Jane Austen’s Emma: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook

    This sourcebook introduces not only Jane Austen’s text, but also the literary and historical contexts and the many different critical readings that it has generated, from the time of its…

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    Mirror, Mirror

    Paula Byrne

    ‘Hollywood, we’re reminded, is after all a through-the-looking glass world, and Byrne writes authoritatively about its illusions and obscene, glittering excess … Compelling’ Daily Mail ‘Both eye-poppingly fun and thought-provoking’…

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    Jane Austen’s Emma: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook

    This sourcebook introduces not only Jane Austen’s text, but also the literary and historical contexts and the many different critical readings that it has generated, from the time of its…

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    The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things

    Paula Byrne

    Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne’s landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books.

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    Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson

    Paula Byrne

    Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late 18th-century England.

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    Belle: The True Story of Dido Belle

    Paula Byrne

    The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the…

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    Kick: The True Story of Kick Kennedy, JFK’s Forgotten Sister, and the Heir to Chatsworth

    Paula Byrne

    The remarkable life of the vivacious, clever - and forgotten - Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history.

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    The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre and Why She is a Hit in Hollywood

    Paula Byrne

    A radical look at Jane Austen as you’ve never seen her - as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britain’s favourite novelist…

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    Blonde Venus

    Paula Byrne

    ‘Hollywood, we’re reminded, is after all a through-the-looking glass world, and Byrne writes authoritatively about its illusions and obscene, glittering excess … Compelling’ Daily Mail ‘Both eye-poppingly fun and thought-provoking’…

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    The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym

    Paula Byrne

    ‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer A Radio…

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    The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym

    Paula Byrne

    ‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPER Picked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer A Radio…

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    Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    In this engrossing biography of English novelist Evelyn Waugh, Byrne presents Waugh through those friendships that mattered most to him. Far from the snobbish misanthrope of popular caricature, she uncovers…

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    The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre and Why She Works in Hollywood

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    Originally published as: Jane Austen and the theatre. London: Hambledon and London, 2002.

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    The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    First published in the U.K. in 2012 by HarperPress; First U.S. hardcover published in 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers –T.p. verso.

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    Kick: The True Story of Jfk’s Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    Filled with … new material and insight, [this is] the biography of the vivacious, unconventional–and nearly forgotten–young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break…

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    Kick: The True Story of Jfk’s Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    Filled with … new material and insight, [this is] the biography of the vivacious, unconventional–and nearly forgotten–young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break…

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    Kick: The True Story of Jfk’s Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    Filled with … new material and insight, [this is] the biography of the vivacious, unconventional–and nearly forgotten–young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break…

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    Kick: The True Story of Jfk’s Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    Filled with … new material and insight, [this is] the biography of the vivacious, unconventional–and nearly forgotten–young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break…

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    Kick: The True Story of Jfk’s Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    Filled with … new material and insight, [this is] the biography of the vivacious, unconventional–and nearly forgotten–young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy and would break…

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    Stressed, Unstressed: Classic Poems to Ease the Mind

    Can you be re-lit by poetry? This little book offers everyone one of the oldest of all remedies for stress: the reading of poetry.

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    Criminal Law and Colonial Subject

    Paula Jane Byrne

    1810-1830 was a crucial period in the development of New South Wales, when the legal foundations of a free-settler and emancipist society were laid. This book explores the relationship of…

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    Criminal Law and Colonial Subject

    Paula Jane Byrne

    1810-1830 was a crucial period in the development of New South Wales, when the legal foundations of a free-settler and emancipist society were laid. This book explores the relationship of…

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    Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice

    Paula Byrne (University of Liverpool, UK)

    From acclaimed biographer Paula Byrne, the sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle (May 2014) starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode–a…

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