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From one of our most admired writers, the gripping story of a dynamic artistic partnership between the wars.

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In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the centre of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world.

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A fascinating, fully illustrated overview of the life and work of one of the world's best-loved illustrators, Quentin Blake, celebrating more than seventy years of work that has redefined illustration.

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An exploration of the life and work of Walter Crane, the pioneering British socialist artist who transformed the illustration of children's books.

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From acclaimed biographer Jenny Uglow, a portrait of Charles II and the first decade of the Restoration: a time of glamour and gossip, drama and risk, faction and crisis.

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how the suburbs dug for victory in World War II.

With a brief guide to particular historic or evocative gardens open to the public, this is a book to put in your pocket when planning a summer day out - but also to read in your deckchair with a glass of cold wine, when dead-heading is simply too much.

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Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain, with enjoyment, passion and wit.

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One of the most brilliant writers of her day, George Eliot (1819-1880) was also one of the most talked about. Intellectual and independent, she had the strength to defy polite society with her highly unorthodox private life, so why did she deny her fictional characters the same opportunities

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A beautifully observed history of the home front during the Napoleonic Wars from one of Britain's greatest historians.

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A beautifully illustrated, literary appreciation of Edward Lear - best-known for his poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat' - and his 'nonsenses' by one of Britain's most highly regarded historians.

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A scrupulously forensic literary appreciation of Edward Lear and his 'nonsenses' by one of our most cherished historians - without losing any sense of fun.

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A lavishly produced biography of the man whose wildlife illustrations shaped the way we view the natural world.

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From one of our most admired writers, a beautifully illustrated story of a dynamic artistic partnership between the wars.

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Jenny Uglow vividly brings to life the story of Sarah Losh - lost Romantic genius, antiquarian, architect and visionary.

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William Hogarth was an artist with overflowing imagination and his prints hang in our pubs and leap out from our history-books. This book showcases the portrait of a proud, stubborn, comic, vulnerable man.

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A beautifully illustrated little book exploring the relationships between British writers and artists.

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Words & Pictures by Jenny Uglow is a beautifully illustrated little book exploring the relationships between British writers and artists.