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The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome.
by Roland Chambers
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571222612
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ilminster, Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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$25.28
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London .UK: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Roland Chambers in a masterly narrative, explores Ransome's career as a struggling writer in Edwardian London, his disastrous first marriage and flight to Russia, and his remarkable high-wire act as British agent and mouthpiece of the Bolsheviki. This is an… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wodehouse; a Life
by Robert McCrum
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670896929
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ilminster, Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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$22.75
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London .UK: Penguin/ Viking, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this book, titled," Wodehouse; A Life" is the enthralling story of an Englishman who seemed to represent the essence of his age and country, but who, tragically, ended his life at odds with both. This definitive biography brings to life the… Read more about this item Item Price
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George Eliot; A Life
by Rosemary Ashton
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780241134733
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Ilminster, Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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$27.80
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London .UK: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this book, titled," George Eliot ; A Life " is a magnificent biography and detailed examination of the life and the writing of George Eliot. Rosemary Ashton illuminates our understanding of both and reveals the choices and originality of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jonathan Swift; The Reluctant Rebel.
by Stubbs. John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2017
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780241962893
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ilminster, Somerset, GBR
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$12.64
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UK: Penquin Books, 2017. Book. Very Good. paperback. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Three hundred and fifty years after his birth Jonathan Swift is still revered as a brilliant satirist, rebel. writer and wit. In this biography Swift is placed at the heart of seventeenth and eighteenth century life. A good tight copy. . Item Price
$12.64
