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A panoramic account by the distinguished Harvard historian of five generations of a French provincial family originally from Angouleme, crammed with stories and archival research. ER has a d... read more
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Rutter - a literature graduate who notes the etymological link between 'text' and 'textile' - travelled the British Isles researching the social history of wool and knitting. This charming a... read more
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The follow-up to Ruth Scurr's dazzling, inspired book about John Aubrey is a glorious portrait of Napoleon through his love of nature and gardens.
Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows
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The veteran commentator considers the 1960 coup that deposed Menderes, and traces the parallels that divide Erdogan's Turkey.
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In this new book Sinclair has abandoned London for Peru, in an attempt to understand his great-grandfather's colonial career. The narrative Sinclair grew up with ends up as self-serving flot... read more
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An exuberant account of the importance to Modernism of what Truman Capote called "the all-time ultimate gallery of famous dykes" in Paris between the wars.
No Modernism Without Lesbians
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A remarkable work of research and skill, which brings to life Tsunemo, a country priest's daughter who defied conventions when her world was radically changing.
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The author of 'The Queen of Whale Key' and 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher' has found a new subject with which to amaze us: the case of the 'Croydon Poltergeist' and its investigation by the N... read more
The Haunting of Alma Fielding
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How to keep chickens, make soap, create a kitchen garden, dip candles, tie knots, and a lot more. This might well take the place of the old 'Weekend Books' in an era of lockdowns.
Lost Skills and Crafts Handbook
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An instructive look at 12 statues: why they were put up, the stories they were supposed to tell, why those stories were challenged; and why the statues were pulled down.
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In the early 20th century an easily overlooked square in Bloomsbury was the home, at one time or another, of the modernist poet H.D., Dorothy L Sayers, the classicist Jane Harrison, the hist... read more
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Mecklenberg Square in Bloomsbury with Virginia Woolf, H.D., Dorothy L Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison and economic historian Eileen Power.