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Kipling
by Jad Adams
'Adams’ chronicle is an important study of one of England’s literary heroes.’ -Financial Times‘An enjoyably confrontational biography.’ -The TimesJoseph Rudyard Kipling was the greatest writer in a Britain that ruled the largest empire the world has known, yet he was always a controversial figure, as deeply hated as he was loved. This accessible biography gives an understanding of the man behind the public image and explains his enduring popularity.
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2012-06-01
978-1-908323-06-4
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Biography, History, Coming Soon
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Mannerheim
President, Soldier, Spy
by Jonathan Clements
Gustaf Mannerheim was one of the greatest figures of the 20th century. As a young Finnish officer he witnessed the coronation of the last Tsar and was decorated for bravery in the Russo-Japanese War. He spent two years undercover in Asia as an agent of the “Great Game”. Crossing China on horseback, he stopped en route to teach the 13th Dalai Lama how to shoot a pistol; he also spied on the Japanese navy.
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2012-03-01
978-1-907822-57-5
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Shostakovich
His Life and Music
by Brian Morton
Dimitri Shostakovich was the most popular Soviet composer of his generation. Internationally esteemed, his reputation has increased since his death in 1975. He is now widely considered to be the last great classical symphonist.
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2012-02-01
978-1-907822-58-2
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The Rossettis in Wonderland
A Victorian Family History
by Dinah Roe
COMING SOON: The exiled Italian poet Gabriele Rossetti arrived in London in 1824 with a few letters of introduction, little money and less English. But within one generation, he would bequeath his new city with a remarkable cultural legacy through the accomplishments of his children.
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2011-10-03
978-1-907822-01-8
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F Scott Fitzgerald
by Sheila Schwartz
Scott Fitzgerald’s fame and reputation have increased with every decade since his untimely death in 1940. This new biography studies a literary life that began with such glittering promise yet ended in despair.
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2011-09-28
978-1-907822-00-1
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