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Sir Howard Elphinstone, dashing hero of the Crimean War, was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1858 aged just twenty-nine. Handpicked by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to be governor to their third son, Prince Arthur, Elphinstone made an uncertain start at court, uncomfortabe within its cliques and clashing frequently with the impassioned Queen.

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A harrowing portrait of two self-destructive individuals, in a relationship marred by domestic violence.

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Anexploration of ageing and grief byEve Leigh,The Trickis a magic show about the parts of life we dont talk about the realities of getting older and coming to terms with loss.

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A play in which an audience are invited to wander and explore the undiscovered places that lurk behind the scenes in theatres and travelling shows before being taken to a private audience with Jessie and Bessie the famous Siamese Twins. A touching play about disability and identity.

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The definitive biography of the twentieth century's great German-Jewish banking family.

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Now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Join Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion this Christmas for a brand new re-twisted production of the classic children's story. Expect magic, mayhem and new music in this festive treat for adventurers aged 7+ (and their families).

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From Blackadder to Call the Midwife, from PG Tips to Harry Potter, Miriam Margolyes is Britain's favourite national treasure -- this is (at last) her extraordinary life story and it's well worth the wait.

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A truly gripping and exciting play written by the award winning playwright.

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Founder of the Theatre Underground, for which these plays were written.

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In the history of American crime - organised crime - Italian names predominate, but there was a time when Jewish names ran them close. This reconstruction of the Jewish underworld in the Depression years.

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As Harold Davis fell under heavy machine-gun fire, his body riddled with bullet wounds and life seemingly slipping away from him, he could not have realised that he was one of the Korean Wars more fortunate soldiers.

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In this series of essays, Inga declares her belief that democratic peoples need true stories about their past and urged responsiveness to a multiplicity of stories catching the experiences of different individuals in different situations. Australian author.

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For fans of HOOKED by Samantha X and IN MY SKIN by Kate Holden. Leigh Hopkinson was the least likely person to become a stripper but after spending two decades naked, she realised it was her career - and her life.

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Exploring the British funeral industry and how we deal with death, Ugly Chief is about the true story of Victoria Melody planning her fathers funeral, then finding out he isnt going to die.

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Sulayman Al Bassams latest play UR is inspired by the ancient Sumerian tablet, The Lamentation for the Destruction of the City of Ur: a historical tablet that laments the destruction of the worlds oldest city.

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The Vikings are not often thought of as poets, though they came from a culture that valued poetry highly and rewarded poets handsomely. This book features a selection of carefully-chosen poems to encompass the rich store of genres and styles of the Vikings, whose poetic language is colourful, intricate and steeped in mythological knowledge.

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Weaving together the life and work of Virginia Woolf, this book serves as an introduction to both. Following the chronology of Woolfs life, it gives due prominence to her dazzlingly inventive essays, traces the contentious course of her afterlife and shows why, seventy years after her death.

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In a municipal wash-house, a group of friends meet and talk their way through the weekly laundry. Lily is searching for stardom as a clubland singer, but Lonnie Donegan and Elvis are waiting in the wings - is the music world moving on too quickly This work tells the story of ordinary women in the 1950s.