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Biography: literary

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606408
ISBN
9780691606408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Joy Davidman is known, if she is known at all, as the wife of C. S. Lewis. Now, Abigail Santamaria brings Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis to the page in the fullness and depth she deserves. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281074297
ISBN
9780281074297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. An unforgettable portrait of the Austro-Hungarian author of The Radetzky March, this biography in letters - selected here for the first time by Michael Hofmann - is classic European literature at its finest Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083418
ISBN
9781847083418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647968
ISBN
9780691647968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.37

Paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563440
ISBN
9780099563440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780300205411
ISBN
9780300205411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.50

Hardback. A biography of one of the most impressive and influential figures of nineteenth-century Scotland, Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748611850
ISBN
9780748611850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49
€ 145.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198804826
ISBN
9780198804826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408849460
ISBN
9781408849460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075750
ISBN
9781906075750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. An entirely new portrait of Keats, rich with insights into the torments of his life and the imaginative sources of his works Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 38. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197273
ISBN
9780300197273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 17.05

Paperback. At the heart of this 'Literary Life' are fresh interpretations of Keats's most loved poems, alongside other neglected but rich poems. The readings are placed in the context of his letters to family and friends, his medical training, radical politics of the time, his love for Fanny Brawne, his coterie of literary figures and his tragic early death. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 214 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137030474
ISBN
9781137030474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 331 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; HBT; KNTP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931112567
ISBN
9781931112567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.24

Hardback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898478
ISBN
9780859898478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.25

Paperback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898485
ISBN
9780859898485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

Paperback. "John Betjeman". Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 132. New.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780747810513
ISBN
9780747810513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.89

Hardback. Few books explore in such a comprehensive fashion the political, economic, ideological, diplomatic, and technological dimensions of this defining moment in world history. Num Pages: 448 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BGL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897696
ISBN
9780801897696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.22

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509848690
ISBN
9781509848690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

Paperback. Essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works and unshakable appeal. Num Pages: 368 pages, x2 mono image sections. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274. How Jane Austen Conquered the World. 384 pages, 2 x 8pp colour. Essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works and unshakable appeal. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight: 274.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847675330
ISBN
9781847675330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Jane Austen's reputation rests on the six novels she wrote in her life - enduringly popular novels which have become part of the fabric of English life, and which have reached new audiences through dramatisations on screen and stage. This book draws on her letters and describes Jane's life in the vicarage at Steventon and at Bath and Chawton. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752453187
ISBN
9780752453187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.52

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