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The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The Inspiration Behind the World's Greatest Detective
Author: Andrew Lycett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Questing was Sherlock Holmes's business. He famously adopted the latest forensic techniques, channelled the Victorian passion for enquiry, kept abreast of...
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
Author: A. N. Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A Book of the Year in The Times & Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Spectator, Irish Times and TLS. 'Superb' Daily...
Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds
Author: Simon Ings Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow...
Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
Author: Sarah Hart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart's lightness of touch and passion for both...
Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen
Author: Fay Weldon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Alice is an eighteen-year-old student and aspiring novelist with green spiky hair, a child of the modern age who recoils at...
A Writer's House in Wales
Author: Jan Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Jan Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country...