{"product_id":"secondhand-biography-memoir-bargain-book-box-sp2899","title":"Secondhand Biography \u0026 Memoir Bargain Book Box SP2899","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Biography \u0026amp; Memoir Bargain Book Box SP2899\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFrom Harold Evans in Fleet Street to the Prince of Wales writing to his married mistress — eighteen lives at full volume, from wartime trenches to a year in China to a quarter-life crisis on the far side of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col dir=\"ltr\" class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eConfessions of a New Boy — Donald Horne (Penguin) — the second volume of Horne's autobiography, charting his years in Sydney journalism with his characteristic dry wit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBack to the Front: An Accidental Historian Walks the Trenches of World War I — Stephen O'Shea — O'Shea walks the entire Western Front on foot, uncovering what the landscape still holds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFurther Particulars — C.H. Rolph — the second volume of memoirs from the journalist and social commentator who wrote under the name C.H. Rolph.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePlumer: The Soldiers' General — Geoffrey Powell (Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military Classics) — the biography of Field Marshal Plumer, one of the Great War's most effective and decent commanders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLetters from a Prince: Edward, Prince of Wales to Mrs Freda Dudley Ward, March 1918–January 1921 — ed. 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Perelman: A Life — Dorothy Herrmann — a biography of the great American humorist, beloved by the Marx Brothers and Groucho in particular.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Mighty Franks: A Memoir — Michael Frank — a brilliantly controlled memoir of a larger-than-life Hollywood aunt and the family she shaped and distorted.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eGive Me Excess of It — Richard Gill — the memoir of a life in music, teaching, and the joys of excess.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBreakfast with Beaverbrook: Memoirs of an Independent Woman — Ann Moyal — the Australian historian's account of her extraordinary life in science, history, and public affairs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFather, Dear Father: Life with Woodrow Wyatt — Petronella Wyatt — Petronella Wyatt's portrait of her father, the flamboyant Labour peer turned Thatcher confidant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMy Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times — Harold Evans — the legendary Sunday Times editor's memoir of Fleet Street's golden age and the journalists who made it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49028677206235,"sku":"SP2899","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2899.jpg?v=1785127556","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-biography-memoir-bargain-book-box-sp2899","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}