Epitácio Pessoa: Brazil

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

To be published in April 2010, on the 91st anniversary of his election as the president of Brazil, while in Paris, this is the story of Epitácio Pessoa, the Treaty of Versailles and the rise and fall of Brazil’s tumultuous First Republic.

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Vittorio Orlando: Italy

Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Spencer Di Scala

To be published March 2010... The war was a near-disaster for the Italians, culminating in the collapse of their armies at Caporetto in 1917. It was this crisis that brought Orlando to power, and he did much to restore the situation, but the Italians looked to Versailles to compensate them for the terrible losses they had suffered.

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Imperial Divas

The Vicereines of India
by Penny and Roger Beaumont

In1858 the entire landmass of India came under direct control of the British Crown. To reflect the status and role of the Governor-General as representative of the monarch to the feudal rulers of the princely states, the term Viceroy and Governor-General of India was applied. His consort was accordingly elevated to Vicereine.

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The Geometry of God


by Uzma Aslam Khan

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The King of Carnaby Street

A Life of John Stephen
by Jeremy Reed

In 1956 John Stephen took a lease on the newly available 5 Carnaby Street – he was to remark later ‘If I hadn’t had a very understanding landlord, that would have been the end of me. But he led me around the corner to Carnaby Street, showed me a shop and suggested I got to work right away.’

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Price: £16.00