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WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE 2013 DUFF COOPER PRIZE WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The story of Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet, daredevil - and Fascist.

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From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham.

'Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic, seductively detailed biography' OLIVIA LAING

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From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, a stunning biography of one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic seventeenth-century Englishmen at the heart of political and royal life.

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Not since Angela Carters The Bloody Chamber have old stories been made to feel so electrically new.

Not since Wim Winders Wings of Desire have the numinous and the everyday been so magically combined.

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From the author of The Pike winner of the 2013 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction a compelling story of heroism told through eight famous lives that span from Achilles to Sir Francis Drake.

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'This is a gripping book... A fascinating account of the way in which succeeding generations have seen Cleopatra; as virtuous suicide, inefficient housewife, exuberant lover, professional courtesan, scheming manipulator, femme fatale, incarnation of Isis and bimbo' - Economist