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'Deeply moving but also uplifting' Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the Museum For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping clients...

Short & Sometimes Sweet reflects a long and varied life: from childhood memories of the Second World War to the travails and pleasures of old age. Born in England in...

Full of jagged, complex emotion and powerful, incisive writing, the stories in Don't Cry are a testament to Mary Gaitskill's incomparable excavation of character. 'An Old Virgin' describes a nurse's...

'A must for Tudor fans everywhere' Tracy Borman'Thrilling, captivating . . . unforgettable' Kate Williams'A gripping story that's underpinned by a wealth of research . . . this is Alison...

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The book titled The Life of Mary Baker Eddy by the author Sibyl Wilbur. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography, Queen Adelaide, chronicles the life of a remarkable royal figure, offering an intimate look into...

Katheryn Parr is mainly remembered today as being the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, the one who 'survived'. Katheryn was not only a wife but a queen, mother, reformer,...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerMary, Mary plunges readers into the gritty world of the 87th Precinct, where detectives confront a baffling case involving a...

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This biography won the James Tait Black Prize. It provides an enlightening, scholarly yet moving account of the life and death of one of the most romantic figures in British...

Third in Laurie King's popular Mary Russell crime series: 'Beguiling variation on Sherlock Holmes sequels...civilised, ingenious and engrossing' - Literary Review August, 1923. The quiet in the Holmes household in...

It's aliiiiiiiive! The New York Times bestselling authors of My Lady Jane present an electric, poetic, and (almost) historical tale of the one and only Mary Shelley-perfect for YA fantasy...

More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history. Antonia Fraser's classic biography won her the...

Long after the death of Christ, Mary Magdalene is married to a silk merchant, Leonidas. She lives a quiet and harmonious life until, one day, the apostle Peter comes to...

Author: WILDE,, W. H and T. Inglis Moore. (eds.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ - Faded with small tear. This collection...

The book titled Mary Queen of Scots by the author Antonia Fraser. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed historical biography, Bloody Mary chronicles the turbulent life of Mary Tudor, England's first queen regnant, whose reign...

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: Paula Byrne Format: Paperback...

Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Poor - faded and discoloured boards. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning and foxing. Markings: name penned on fep....

Author: Hammond InnesBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Book Club , 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe maritime thriller The Mary Deare plunges readers into a gripping...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn 1968, the city of Newcastle upon Tyne was shaken to its core when eleven-year-old Mary Bell was convicted of the manslaughter...

The story of a woman's life, from childhood to death, somewhere in provincial France, from the 1950s to just shy of 2025. She has doting parents, does well at school,...

A child missing. A mother accused. Charlie Parker is their only hope. In Maine, Colleen Clark stands accused of the worst crime a mother can commit: the abduction and possible...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA life of faith, sacrifice, and extraordinary purpose unfolds in Nun the Less, the candid and...

An immensely impressive, authoritative history of the Irish diaspora 'A richly detailed, scholarly and challenging history' Sunday Times 'Impressive, provocative and perception-tilting... it's indispensable' Irish Independent 'Essential reading for understanding...

A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall above. Just another dead addict -...

He is everything she wants to avoid... For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters - a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges...

'An amazing read! I galloped through it' Lady Antonia Fraser ' Lawrence has done an excellent job of recreating this eccentric gardening guru's life ' The Times 'My pick for...

A spicy marriage-of-convenience romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the TikTok sensation Archer's Voice. .................... Some vows are meant to be broken, but others are worth risking...

Charge into this battle of wits and emerge victorious by putting your knowledge of military history to the test Whether you choose to while away the hours or simply try...

This third collection of Martin Crimp's work brings together four remarkable plays - Fewer Emergencies; Cruel and Tender; The City and In the Republic of Happiness 'Martin Crimp is one...

'I devoured THE POISON GARDEN . . . Gripping and utterly convincing, it's Alex Marwood at the top of her (already impressive) game' JOJO MOYES _________ Where Romy grew up,...

'Endlessly captivating ' - Tracy Borman ' Tantalising ' - Gill Hornby ' More scandal than Bridgerton 's Lady Whistledown ' - Helena Kelly The carriages have rolled back into...

Announcing the arrival of a major new talent, an astonishing work of social history which captures Black gay Britain as never before. 'I n this seminal book Okundaye gives us...

Dexter Morgan has burned the candle at both ends for many years. Blood spatter analyst . . . husband . . . father . . . serial killer. And now,...

'a master class in eyewitness storytelling . . . this gripping narrative chronicles one of history's darkest nightmare moments' - Annie Jacobsen, author of Nuclear War: A Scenario On the...

A National Book Award Finalist Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times , The Washington Post , The New Yorker , NPR, The Minnesota Star...

Celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Chris Colfer's No.1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories with this gorgeous illustrated anniversary edition! Alex and Conner Bailey's world is about...