Biography: literary

Stieg Larsson, My Friend [9780857381965]

Five years after his death, Stieg Larsson is best known as the author of the Millennium Trilogy, but during his career as a journalist he was a crucia…

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Anthony Powell: A Life [9780241143834]

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week The long-awaited portrait of a literary master from one of our generation's greatest biographers Anthony Powell: the li…

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Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence [9781848549272]

Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923-2014) wrote brilliant novels about what love can do to people, but in her own life the lasting relationship she sought so …

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Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet [9780007554331]

Daisy Dunn's immediate narrative rediscovers the life and poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome's first 'modern' poet, a dandy who fell in love with…

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The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography [9781471168925]

Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Biography Award Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the one…

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In Byron's Wake [9781471138577]

In 1815, the clever, courted and cherished Annabella Milbanke married the notorious and brilliant Lord Byron. Just one year later, she fled, taking wi…

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In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein [9781781255285]

'Perfect equilibrium between the numinous and the touchable is typical of Sampson's achievement.' - Guardian Mary Shelley was brought up in a house fi…

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After Kathy Acker: A Biography [9780241318058]

Kathy Acker: Rich girl, street punk, scholar, stripper, victim, media-whore ...and cultural icon. The late Kathy Acker's legend and writings are wrapp…

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Arthur & Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes [9781408858530]

'Carefully researched but thoroughly readable ... Will surely appeal to the millions of Holmes's admirers as well as students of crime writing' - Kirk…

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A Life of My Own [9780241974834]

As one of the best biographers of her generation, Claire Tomalin has written about great novelists and poets to huge success: now, she turns to look a…

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John le Carre: The Biography [9781408849460]

Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carre a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the …

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Molly Keane: A Life [9780349007526]

'Marvellous' - Diana Athill In 1996, at the age of ninety, just before she died, the Anglo-Irish writer Molly Keane, best remembered for her Booker-sh…

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Boy: Tales of Childhood [9780141365534]

Boy, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake. As a bo…

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Patrick Melrose Volume 2: Mother's Milk and At Last [9781509897704]

Patrick Melrose Volume 2 contains the final two novels in Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedic…

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Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929) [9781472929143]

The writer and poet Robert Graves suppressed virtually all of the poems he had published during and just after the First World War. When his son,…

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The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Boxed Set [9780008214548]

Stunning three-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopse…

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Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse [9781782399384]

The remarkable story of Hemingway's love affair with both the city of Venice and the muse he found there - a young Italian girl who inspired him to co…

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Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey [9780008329815]

The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. 'A genius book about a bookish genius' Daniel Handler, author of …

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Charles Dickens: A Life [9780141036939]

Charles Dickens is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin. Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking…

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Oscar: A Life [9781788545976]

Oscar Wilde's life - like his wit - was alive with paradox. He was both an early exponent and a victim of 'celebrity culture': famous for being famous…

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