Provides a dramatic portrait of the colorful life of eighteenth-century British aristocrat Lady Georgiana Spencer, her roles as a society and political hostess, and her disastrous and profligate private life. Winner of the Whitbread Prize.
The author, disabled by cerebral palsy, recounts his childhood, his beginnings as a writer, and the adjustments he has been forced to make by his handicap. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Reprint.
This biography of Tolstoy by the award-winning English biographer A. N. Wilson puts Tolstoy's life into the context of his times--the rich, chaotic world of 19th-century Russia.
A biography of the great 19th-century British statesman, who served four times as Prime Minister. Jenkins examines Gladstone's public side, including his forming of the Liberal party and his advocacy of Irish home rule; and he examines Gladstone's interest in knowledge and learning, as well as the s ...
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This prize-winning biography provides the definitive account of the life of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, architect of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, King Henry VIII's guide through three divorces, and ultimately a martyr for his Protestant faith. 40 illustrations. 40 illustrations.