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A charming, lively and often amusing tour of the forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of English history.

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Part of a biographical series which uses photographs and narrative to show the life and work of notable men and women and their effect on today's world, this title explores the story of Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the Lamp, her fight to challenge people's attitudes towards women, and her innovative approach to nursing the sick.

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The name of Robert Adam is equated with taste, style and elegance. As visionary in the decoration of interiors as he was ingenious in the design of exteriors, Adam was more often responsible for the renovation, alteration or completion of existing buildings than for the creation of entirely new ones.

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William Morris' many-sided career placed him at the centre of an age and culture he both condemned and shaped. This is an illustrated biography of William Morris, who is an artist, designer, poet, weaver, dyer, calligrapher, printer, businessman, journalist and novelist.