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Charles Townshend's The Republic gets to the truth, painting a far more nuanced and sceptical picture than previous accounts have done - but never losing sight of the ordinary heroism...

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The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of classical music ever written 'A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty...

A comprehensive history of the Brotherhood of St Laurence since its foundation in 1930. Provides rich detail of the Brotherhood's almost continuous history of contributions to employment, poverty and housing.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis collection, The Uncommercial Traveller, presents a series of vivid vignettes from Victorian London, offering a unique perspective on the city's diverse...

For the past thirteen years, as England became an increasingly unhappy and fearful place, Prince Charles has been living quietly on a bleak council estate, The Flower Exclusion Zone (known...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the smouldering embers of the 1848 Young Ireland rebellion to the sectarian bloodshed of the twentieth century, Political Violence in Ireland: Government and...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedBehind the polished grooves of every great recording lies a world of temperamental genius, boardroom politics, and...

Author: John Mansfield ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light wear and fading DJ. Minor rip...

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Pete Townshend Format: Hardback...

"My Lords, The several Goals and Places for the Confinement of Felons in this Kingdom being in so crouded a State ... I ... signify to your Lordships His Majesty's...

Author: Sir Charles Tennyson And Hope DysonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis biographical work chronicles the formative years and familial influences that shaped one of...

'A delight to read' Philip Pullman'Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication' Tom ServiceA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'The music of the British composer Michael Tippett - including...

It may be difficult to imagine today, but Arturo Toscanini-recognized widely as the most celebrated conductor of the twentieth century-was once one of the most famous people in the world....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis authoritative biography chronicles the remarkable life of Alfred Hill, one of the most significant yet underappreciated composers in Australasian...

'By far the most humane and imaginatively sympathetic account yet for the general reader' Amanda Craig, New Statesman Charles Dickens was a phenomenon- a demonically hardworking journalist, the father of...

Author: Anthony HoldenBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography, Charles: Prince Of Wales, chronicles the intricate...

'Charles Dickens' is the definitive illustrated guide to the man and his works. It follows Dickens from early childhood, looking at how he triumphed to become the greatest celebrity of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodDame Janet Baker once said of Sir Charles Mackerras that he is one of the very best — and Charles Mackerras: A Musicians' Musician...

A magnificent new biography of the man who gave us David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Ebenezer Scrooge This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew literary biographies have matched the ambition and intimacy of Edgar Johnson's Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph...

Author: Charles DickensFormat: Leather / fine binding, 152mm x 236mm, 1496 pagesPublished: Union Square & Co., United States, 2010Brings together five of Charles Dickens' best-known novels: "Oliver Twist", "A Christmas...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markings"The Life of Charles Dickens" is a foundational literary biography in which John Forster, Dickens's closest...

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An entertaining biography of Charles Dickens by one of our finest actors Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores...

A brilliant, witty thriller set in the world of English classical music in the early years of the twentieth century. The night before brilliant but erratic composer Charles Jessold's opera...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis handsome omnibus brings together three of Charles Dickens's most beloved and socially charged works, offering readers a sweeping encounter with the...

Edition: First Australian EditiojCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: jacket protected by mylar sleeve.Wanderer’s Rest is a vivid and reflective work by the celebrated...

Author: H. Charles Tomlinson And H. M. TomlinsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cassell and Company., 1934Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...

A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella;...

Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Chancellor Press, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents two seminal works by Charles Dickens, offering a profound look into the social fabric of Victorian...

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Author: Charles OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive biographical dictionary presents the lives and works of over 200 classical composers, spanning from...

The book titled The Complete Operas of Richard Wagner by the author Charles Osborne. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Charles Dickens, famous for the indelible child characters he created - from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield - was also the father of ten children (and a...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the fog-shrouded marshes of Kent to the glittering drawing rooms of Victorian London, Great Expectations chronicles...

John Forster's original three-volume text is abridged and brought to life with the addition of illuminating extracts from Dickens' own work and from recent criticism, biography and fiction. It is...