Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950 Archives

Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950

A rollicking account of the pursuit of love among the Good, the Bad and the Beautiful; abridged from 3 large volumes of memoirs that he left on his death in 2011.

Oh, What a Lovely Century: One man’s marvellous adventures in lo ...

Roderic Fenwick Owen

Hardback
£20.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
A vast biography of the Portuguese poet, author of 'The Book of Disquiet'.

Pessoa: An Experimental Life

Richard Zenith

Hardback
£40.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
The story of diplomats like Jan Zwartendijk, the Dutch consul in Lithuania, who enabled thousands of Jews to escape the Holocaust.

The Just: how six unlikely heroes saved thousands of Jews from the Hol ...

Jan Brokken

Hardback
£25.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Mathilde Carre joined the French Resistance in 1940 but was captured by the Germans a year later and betrayed her network. She survived working as as a double agent and then - possibly - a t... read more

Victoire: A Wartime Story of Resistance, Collaboration and Betrayal ...

Roland Philipps

Hardback
£20.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
An ironic moment, perhaps, for a major new biography of the man who first uttered, 'The lamps are going out all over Europe' (August, 1914)... Grey remains the longest-ever serving Foreign S... read more

Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey

T. G. Otte

Hardback
£35.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Dreadful to think that this dazzling night-time economy is threatened now as never before.

London’s West End: Creating the Pleasure District, 1800-1914 ...

Rohan McWilliam

Hardback
£33.49

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Bracing, perhaps, to be reminded that people lived through crises before. This is a fine account of a tense moment.

The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication

Alexander Larman

Hardback
£20.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
CA, Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, Euan Uglow. With an introductory reminiscence of the Slade and them by a fellow student, Susan Campbell. Includes three essays by the three... read more

Craigie Aitchison: And the Beaux Arts Generation

Susan Campbell

Paperback
£35.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
The author of an excellent book on Maria Feodorovna turns to cousinly relations.

Queen Victoria and The Romanovs: Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust ...

Coryne Hall

Hardback
£20.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Austin Osman Spare: The Life & Legend of London’s Lost Arti ...

Phil Baker

Paperback
£23.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order