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Mary Shelley
The definitive and richly woven biography of Mary Shelley, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein
The New Dynamics of Ageing Volume 2
This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. Together they report …
Neapolitan Brothers, The
In Byron's Wake
A Sunday Times Book of the YearShortlisted for The Pol Roger Duff Cooper PrizeThis magnificent, highly readable double biography...brings these two driven, complicated women …
Thrumpton Hall
A biography and family memoir by turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, Miranda Seymour's Thrumpton Hall is a riveting, frequently shocking, and ultimately unforgettable true story …
In My Father's House
'Dear Thrumpton, how I miss you tonight,' wrote George Seymour in 1944, when he was aged twenty-one. But the object of his affection was not a young woman, but a house -- ownership …
After Leaving Mr. MacKenzie
Julia Martin is in Paris and at the end of her rope. Once beautiful, she was taken care of by men. Now, after being dropped by her latest lover, Mr. Mackenzie, Julia is running out …
Ottoline Morrell
Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale by Miranda Seymour.'A seductive model of elegant scholarship.' Sue Gaisford, Independent'A kind of blissography, teeming with bon mots.' …
I Used to Live Here Once
Jean Rhys is one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century. Memories of her Caribbean girlhood haunt the four short and piercingly brilliant novels that Rhys wrote …
Bugatti Queen
A beautifully written and hugely acclaimed account of a fascinating twentieth-century life: Helene Delangle, also known as Helle Nice, dancer, lover -- and record-breaking racing …
Noble Endeavours
In 1613 a beautiful Stuart princess married a handsome young German prince. This was a love match, but it was also an alliance that aimed to weld together Europe's two great …