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Empire of Guns

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Revolution

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The Nine Lives of John Ogilby

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Georgia in the Mountains of Poetry

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The Nordic Theory of Everything

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David Bowie Made Me Gay

Darryl W. Bullock

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The Last Full Measure

Michael Stephenson

The History of the Occult Tarot

Ronald Decker

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#TheShadowyThird is out now. 🧡❤️🖤 A ra #TheShadowyThird is out now. 🧡❤️🖤 A rare blend of literary biography and family secrets at the centre of a love triangle between famed author Elizabeth Bowen and the author’s grandfather. #ElizabethBowen ——— ‘A fascinating and moving portrait of love, loyalty and infidelity.’ Sarah Waters A sudden death in the family delivers Julia Parry a box of love letters. Dusty with age, they reveal an illicit affair between the celebrated Irish novelist, Elizabeth Bowen, and the academic Humphry House – Julia’s grandfather. So begins a life-changing quest to discover and understand this affair, one with profound repercussions for Julia’s family, not least her grandmother, Madeline. Using fascinating unpublished correspondence, Julia follows the lives of three very different characters through some of the most dramatic decades of the twentieth century: from the rarefied air of Oxford in the 1930s and the Anglo-Irish Big House, to the last days of Empire in India and into the Second World War. The story opens up a lost world, one with complex and often surprising attitudes to love and sex, work and home, duty and ambition, and to writing itself, spiced throughout with social history and a celebrated supporting cast that includes Isaiah Berlin and Virginia Woolf. Inspired by Bowen’s own obsession with place and memory, Julia travels to all the locations in the letters – from Kolkata to Cambridge; from Ireland to Texas weaving present-day storytelling with historical narrative and literary exploration. From an assured, elegant new voice, The Shadowy Third is a beautifully written investigation of family, love, and the lasting power of literature. . . . #literarybiography #litbio #bookstagram #books #booksbooksbooks #publishedtoday #outnow #booklover #memoir #biography #literarywomen
The only biography of Britain’s celebrated femal The only biography of Britain’s celebrated female spy, Daphne Park. The fascinating story of MI6 during WWII and the Cold War from the perspective of one of its most capable operatives, who rose to the highest rank in a male-dominated world. ‘A richly entertaining biography’ — Guardian . . . . #bookstagram #bookaholic #bookshelf #booklover #book #booknerd #book #spynovels #QueenofSpies #DaphnePark #spymaster #coldwar #warbooks #warnovels #biography #biographies #amazingwomen #womeninbooks #womenempowerment #womenpower #inspirationalwomen #reading #readersofinstagram
The gorgeous paperback version of ‘The Life and The gorgeous paperback version of ‘The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit’ is out this week. ⭐️ A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF YEAR 🏆 WINNER OF THE RUBERY BOOK AWARD . . . . #bookstagram #bookrecommendation #bookaholic #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #books #reading #beautifulbooks #booklover #bookcommunity #literature
We're beyond thrilled to finally share with all of We're beyond thrilled to finally share with all of you the official & magical cover of THE TEMPLAR'S GARDEN! It's the first book in The Maid of Gascony trilogy by the wonderful @catherinealetteclover. Coming your way this November 🌹 #bookbloggers, digital advance reading copies are available – let us know if you'd like to request a copy 📚 . . England, 1452. Under the reign of King Henry VI the country is on the brink of civil war after the Hundred Years’ War. Young mystic Lady Isabelle d’Albret Courteault’s family is forced to flee the Duchy of English Gascony for a new and unforeseeable life in England. While they become established in the courts, Lady Isabelle discovers dark secrets about their chaplain and tutor. As their growing relationship places her in harm’s way, can she remain steadfast in her promises to uphold the monarchy and her faith? Set amidst a period of grave uncertainty, this is the story of a woman learning to stand up for her beliefs in a patriarchal world – a beautifully crafted narrative of faith, love and grace. #TemplarsGarden #MaidofGascony 🌹
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