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Tag: biographies

Review of ‘The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton’ by Kathryn Hughes

06/12/2022 nsford Leave a comment

This book is like an unappetising salad. A few colourful crunchy bits mixed in with a lot of boring, limp…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, history, Isabella Beeton, Kathryn Hughes, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Elizabeth’s Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester’ by Nicola Tallis

08/07/2022 nsford Leave a comment

I’d never heard of Lettice Knollys before. This is the first proper biography of her, from the author of Crown…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, history, Nicola Tallis, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Square Haunting’ by Francesca Wade

28/06/2022 nsford 2 Comments

An unusual group biography of five literary women: the poet H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), novelist Dorothy L Sayers, classicist and…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, Dorothy L Sayers, Eileen Power, Francesca Wade, H. D., Jane Ellen Harrison, non-fiction, reviews, Virginia Woolf, writers

Review of ‘The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J M W Turner’ by Franny Moyle

29/05/2022 nsford Leave a comment

This is a very detailed biography of the artist Turner, from the author of Desperate Romantics and Constance. I’m afraid…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: art, biographies, books, Franny Moyle, J M W Turner, reviews

Review of ‘A Passion for Poison’ by Carol Ann Lee

13/10/2021 nsford 2 Comments

A grim and gripping true crime account of serial killer Graham Young, the ‘teacup poisoner’. I didn’t know about him…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, Carol Ann Lee, non-fiction, reviews, true crime

Review of ‘Orwell’s Roses’ by Rebecca Solnit

05/10/2021 nsford 4 Comments

A unique mix of biography, journalism, politics and nature writing, this is a very thought-provoking book. I found the content…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, George Orwell, history, non-fiction, plants, Rebecca Solnit, reviews

Review of ‘Uncrowned Queen’ by Nicola Tallis

17/09/2021 nsford 2 Comments

This is a thorough, straightforward biography of Margaret Beaufort (1443 – 1509), the mother of King Henry VII, by historian…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, history, Nicola Tallis, non-fiction, reviews

Review of ‘Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs Oscar Wilde’ by Franny Moyle

12/09/2021 nsford 4 Comments

So much has been written about Oscar Wilde. But what about his wife, Constance? It’s wonderful that she has her…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, Constance Wilde, Franny Moyle, non-fiction, Oscar Wilde, reviews, writers

Review of ‘Confident Women’ by Tori Telfer

05/08/2021 nsford 7 Comments

Why are we fascinated with con women? How do they manage to scam people so effectively and what are their…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, non-fiction, reading, reviews, Tori Telfer, true crime

Review of ‘Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense’ by Jenny Uglow

11/10/2020 nsford 4 Comments

Most of us know Edward Lear as the ‘nonsense poet’, writer of such well-loved gems as ‘The Owl and the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: biographies, books, Edward Lear, non-fiction, reviews, writers

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