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At the age of 100, Frances Partridge has had a new lease of life and decided she would like to publish another volume of diaries which covers the years 1972-75....

The book titled A Bloomsbury Album: Friends in Focus by the author Frances Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Frances Partridge is the oldest surviving member of the Bloomsbury Group. Most of its leading members she knew well - Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, Virginia Woolf - and this book...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the aftermath of World War II, one of the last surviving members of the Bloomsbury Group picked up her pen and began recording...

The book titled Everything to Lose: Diaries, 1945-60 by the author Frances Partridge. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Dust jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact and firm. A compelling wartime diary, A Pacifist's War chronicles the experiences...

Chronicles the author's life in the mid-1960s, when she was struggling to come to terms with existence after the deaths of both her husband Ralph and her son Burgo. Coping...

Author: Alan Partridge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is a battleground, and Eric Partridge's Usage & Abusage is its definitive field guide — a witty,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLanguage is a weapon, and in the wrong hands it becomes a blunt instrument — Usage & Abusage...

'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of the English language have left as indelible a mark as Eric Partridge — lexicographer, slang scholar, and tireless...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA rich work of linguistic biography and anthology, Eric Partridge: In His Own Words presents the life and...

Trollope's story of political advancement, debt, and family pride Mark Robarts is a clergyman with ambitions beyond his small country parish of Framley. In a naive attempt to mix in...

Author: Eric PartridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton., 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide to punctuation, You Have A Point There, presents a meticulous examination of English grammar's...

A 2024 Book of the Year pick in The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement and blogs by Mark Avery and Stephen MossThe Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary...

Author: BrendaBinding: HardbackPublished: John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd., 1111Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe story centers on the lives of children, possibly siblings, as they navigate their...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of thoughts and reflections from the renowned lexicographer Eric Partridge. It captures his insights on...

Vanessa Partridge, cello-playing good girl, spends every summer holiday at Shearwater. This year, her brother is bringing his best mate, Darith - the object of many, many fantasies Van will...

Author: Alan Partridge Format: CD-Audio Number of Pages: 0 In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the odds. TWICE. Using an innovative 'dual narrative'...

Ford's great masterpiece set in the First World War, now in Penguin Black Classics with an introduction by Julian Barnes Consisting of four novels - Some Do Not..., No More...

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than...

Discover Monocle's favourite places to stay, eat, shop and visit across France. Following Spain: The Monocle Handbook is the third title in premium series of country-focused guides. France: The Monocle...

Discover Monocle's favourite places to stay, eat, shop and visit across France. Following Spain: The Monocle Handbook is the third title in premium series of country-focused guides. France: The Monocle...

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French Essence is a celebration of life in Provence, one of the most charming regions of France. Vicki Archer reveals the underpinnings of that famous French ambience and sense of...

This book offers a full and comprehensive account of one of the most colorful and formative reigns in French history, that of Francis I (1515-47), and was published to coincide...

John Julius Norwich's France: A History From Gaul To De Gaulle chronicles the sweeping narrative of a nation that shaped Western civilization. This authoritative work presents a comprehensive account, tracing...

A sumptuous historical novel, set against the backdrop of World War I, from 'an enormous talent' (Zadie Smith) 'A sublime reading experience- delicate, restrained, surpassingly intelligent, uncommonly poised and truly...

A great marriage is an elusive thing; only a few know the secret to making one. Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art...

In the best romantic tradition of ALMOST FRENCH, a woman falls madly in love with a Frenchman in Paris, but with a twist. It takes her twenty years to find...

One of the most dramatic chapters in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, the Commune of 1871 was an eclectic revolutionary government that held power in Paris across eight weeks between...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew books have so profoundly shaped the way the English-speaking world understands the pleasures of the table as...

Sometimes making history means breaking some rules... Don't miss the powerful new historical fiction novel Inspired by the incredible true story of Althea Gibson, the first Black athlete to win...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew figures in the annals of colonial administration loom as large — or remain as fascinating — as Sir...

Part forensic investigation, part dramatic jailbreak adventure, Mark Braude's The Invisible Emperor is a gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba In the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Langton Quartet by Martin Boyd is a four-volume family saga of Australian literary fiction that...

The book we've all been waiting for, national treasure Judi Dench opens her almost inexhaustible collection of memories from life and acting. You might think you know Judi Dench. In...