Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II
By: Adrian Tinniswood
3.81
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A rollicking tour of the English country home after World War II, when swinging London collided wit…
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1. The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya
By: Frances Osborne
3.72
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge's Hotel to … read more
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2. Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
By: Craig Brown , None
3.34
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando clam up. She cold-shouldered Princess Diana and humili… read more
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3. The Stranger's Child
By: Alan Hollinghurst
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent, century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth, and a family mystery… read more
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4. The Railway Man
By: Eric Lomax
3.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and w… read more
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5. Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty
By: Catherine Bailey
3.50
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
House of privilege, riches and secrets... Wentworth is today a crumbling and forgotten palace in Yo… read more
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6. Nights at the Circus
By: Angela Carter
3.00
Format: 112 pages,
Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake? Courted by the Prince of Wa… read more
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7. Cecil Beaton
By: Hugo Vickers
4.25
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Vickers had unrestricted access to all of Beaton's voluminous unpublished materials. The result was… read more
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8. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton
3.75
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more
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"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
9. The End of Drum-Time
By: Hanna Pylväinen
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder… read more
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10. The New Life
By: Tom Crewe
3.77
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more
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"Science requires a rational audience."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"True development does not respect comfort."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"-Tom Crewe, The New Life
11. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
12. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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13. Ready For Absolutely Nothing
By: Susannah Constantine
3.91
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
'A rollicking ride . . . What a life' SUNDAY TIMESEssential reading for anyone who secretly just wa… read more
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14. This Poison Will Remain (Commissaire Adamsberg, #11)
By: Fred Vargas
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Commissaire Adamsberg investigates the death of three men linked by their childhood at an orphanage… read more
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15. Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women
By: Victoria Smith
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
What is about about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage - almost everyone? In… read more
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- history
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16. A Three Dog Problem (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #2)
By: S.J. Bennett
3.88
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Queen Elizabeth II is having a royal nightmare. A referendum divides the nation, a tumultuous elect… read more
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17. After the Funeral and Other Stories
By: Tessa Hadley
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tid… read more
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18. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
By: Leah Redmond Chang
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more
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19. Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies
By: Laura Thompson
3.21
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses , a fascinating look at the… read more
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20. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
By: Andrew Lownie
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more
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- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
21. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
By: Anderson Cooper
3.77
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more
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22. Wives Like Us
By: Plum Sykes
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more
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23. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
By: Elizabeth Beller
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more
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24. Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
By: Honor Cargill-Martin
4.06
Format: 432 pages, ebook
The shocking and scandalous story of Messalina—the third wife of Emperor Claudius—one of the most c… read more
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25. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family
By: Daniel Finkelstein
4.63
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more
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26. Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi
By: Sarah Clegg
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women – and then won back again. Demonic… read more
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27. The Mitford Secret (Mitford Murders, #6)
By: Jessica Fellowes
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A mystery with the fascinating Mitford sisters at its heart, Jessica Fellowes’s The Mitford Secret … read more
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28. Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II
By: Adrian Tinniswood
3.81
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A rollicking tour of the English country home after World War II, when swinging London collided wit… read more
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29. The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship
By: Greg King
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Erik Larson's Dead Wake comes The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria , about the s… read more
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30. Power and Glory: Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty
By: Alexander Larman
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
All This I Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty will be the new book from Alexander Larman, aut… read more
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31. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family
By: Olivia Williams
3.61
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more
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