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Adam the King


by Jeffrey Lewis

'Lewis catches the thrill of proximity to America's eastern WASP aristocracy to an uncomfortable degree: their studied vagueness, their heartiness, the aloofness that cannot be copied.' - Los Angeles Times

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Price: £7.19

Edward William Lane

The Life of the Pioneering Egyptologist and Orientalist
by Jason Thompson

The first full-length biography of the eminent Victorian scholar.

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Price: £20.00

The Mystery of Lewis Carroll

Understanding the Author of Alice in Wonderland
by Jenny Woolf

'Woolf sheds more light on the mysterious Dodgson in this new biography, examining everything from his relationship with Alice and her older sister to his controversial photographing of nude young girls. 'The more closely Lewis Carroll is studied, the more he seems to slide quietly away,' Woolf writes'. - Craig Wilson, USA Today, 12 January 2010.

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Price: £15.20

General Smuts: South Africa

Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Antony Lentin

Professor Lentin, author of General Smuts in the Makers of the Modern World Series, debates with Jim Naughty and David Watson, author of the volume on Clemenceau, on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme this morning. He suggests that if the South African statesman had been listened to, World War Two could have been avoided.

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Price: £10.40

The League of Nations

Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Ruth Henig

Many of the peacemakers who came to Paris in 1918-19 had thought deeply about establishing an international body of stature and authority to prevent war from breaking out again in the future. This book looks at how the League was shaped and the multi-faceted body which emerged, and how it was used in ensuing years to counter territorial ambitions and restrict armaments, as well as its role in human rights and refugee issues.

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Price: £10.40