Cavendish – the Duchess of Newcastle – was attached to the exiled court of Henrietta Maria when she published her amazing proto-sci-fi novel, The Blazing World. A clever and subtle debut biography.
Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish
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Edition:Hardback978183793017314/09/2023From a Bookshelf nearby
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Marr has a gift of presenting complex issues with clarity; here he uses a diverse cast to show where we are and how we got here.
Elizabethans: How Modern Britain Was Forged
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London has twelve vast railway termini. What was involved in their construction (between 1836 and 1900), and what did they do to London?
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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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A biography of Banks by the well-known garden historian and writer, published by Yale. Some illustrations.