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'A bawdy burlesque' Guardian A collection of witty, transgressive tales from the great Enlightenment thinker, best known for his inimitable blend of philosophy and scandalous sexuality The Marquis de Sade's...

A new translation of Sade's most notorious, shocking and influential novel This horrible but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history- Flaubert and Baudelaire both read Sade; the...

The Marquis de Sade, infamous for his obscene writing and his cruelty to women, nonetheless lived a life dominated by them - his charismatic mother, iron-willed mother-in-law, and his wife....

Author: John Phillips Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a...

Philosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of...

Author: James CleughBinding: HardbackPublished: Andrew Melrose, London, 1951Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ glued/taped to boards. Light stains on book block. Clean...

The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a people The year is 1797, and the kingdom of Segu is flourishing. The people...

Composer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Epoque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit and umbrella, Satie was...

The Booker Prize-winning author of Possession presents an extraordinary story set against the backdrop of the 1960s-a turbulent decade of clashing politics, passionate ideals, and shifting sexual roles. At the...

Dark Renaissance is the thrilling story of the writer who transformed culture in Elizabethan England, bringing it out of the darkness and into the light. Poor boy. Dark star. Spy....

Composer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Epoque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit and umbrella, Satie was...

Freedom is a pipe dream. At least, that's what Olivia Cruikshank believes. Transported to Van Diemen's Land for petty theft, she has lost all hope. Six years in and out...

From Governess To Countess The scandalous truth about the count's new mistress! Count Aleksei Derevenko has hired governess Allison Galbraith for her skills as a herbalist, not a mistress! But...

Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew novels have so thoroughly captured the raw endurance of the human spirit as Daniel Defoe's The Adventures of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsIn The Vice-Consul, Marguerite Duras crafts a haunting, atmospheric meditation on colonial malaise, displacement, and the crushing weight of suppressed...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the turbulent decades between the Franco-Prussian War and the outbreak of the First World War, France became the crucible of a cultural revolution...

Famously associated with the term 'magical realism', Marquez is probably South America's most famous literary export An acknowledged masterpiece, this is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family...

'Packed full of action, excitement, peril and romance on the high seas, this is the sapphic pirate book of my dreams' SARAH UNDERWOOD, author of Lies We Sing to the...

A definitive new collection of Marlowe's plays with a critical introduction by Frank Romany containing- 'Dido Queen of Carthage', 'Tamburlaine the Great Parts One and Two', 'The Jew of Malta',...

'Packed full of action, excitement, peril and romance on the high seas, this is the sapphic pirate book of my dreams' SARAH UNDERWOOD, author of Lies We Sing to the...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew works in the Western literary canon match the audacity and brilliance of The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio's monumental...

'Packed full of action, excitement, peril and romance on the high seas, this is the sapphic pirate book of my dreams' SARAH UNDERWOOD, author of Lies We Sing to the...

Author: Joe Ide Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit' IAN RANKIN 'A total gobsmacking original' JAMES PATTERSON 'A...

Author: Hugo Vickers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 **The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020** 'This biography is truly wonderful - a masterclass in storytelling' Sunday...

New translation of one of the greatest works of German Literature. An ingenious 'whodunnit', The Marquise of O - subverts the eighteenth-century notion of the infallibility of man, and reveals...

A collection of von Kleist's haunting, unsettling stories In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this...

A major celebration of the French short story, spanning three centuries The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous...

A collection of von Kleist's haunting, unsettling stories In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this...

Author: Joe Ide Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A Philip Marlowe who wears our twenty-first century like a well-cut suit' IAN RANKIN 'A total gobsmacking original' JAMES PATTERSON 'A...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew playwrights have burned as brilliantly and briefly as Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan genius whose thunderous verse and...

Uproariously funny and achingly moving, this is a gripping debut novel about the Towards closing time in a London pub, Daniel Linnell has the idea of writing Who's Who In...

An audacious novel about destiny and desire from the incomparable Rose Tremain 'A hell of a read' Sunday Times 'Triumphant, and beautifully told...one of the best novelists writing today' Sara...

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Author: Felix MarkhamBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis compelling historical biography, The Bonapartes, chronicles the rise and fall of one of...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some marks and specks on boards. Bumped corners and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFew literary figures loom as large over the nineteenth century as Honoré de Balzac, and Félicien Marceau's Balzac and His World presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew works in the history of Western literature have provoked as much controversy, fascination, and philosophical reckoning as...