The Normans in the South, 1016-1130 John Julius Norwich
The excellent new BBC2 series examines the ambition of The Normans, and shows how they transformed Europe. In two volumes, John Julius Norwich takes a look at the 'other' Norman Conquest, recounting the dazzling story of the Norman kingdom of Sicily. More
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In Philip Larkin, The Marvell Press and Me Jean Hartley comments: 'Life is something you get on with'. And she certainly did. From a very ordinary post-war Hull rose first an innovative literary journal and then an extraordinary publishing house championing, most famously, Philip Larkin. More
Featured Author: C. J. Driver
Originally published by Faber, the four novels of C. J. 'Jonty' Driver are now back in print. The South African writer has some significant admirers, who have both written appreciatively - Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer, and twice winner of the Booker Prize J. M. Coetzee, no less. More
Looking for Trouble: Virginia Cowles Centenary
August 2010 marks the centenary of the birth of the extraordinary journalist Virginia Cowles. Always in the right place at the right time and impeccably connected, she met Churchill and Hitler, witnessed Franco's Spain, London's Blitz and every momentous event in between in Europe from 1935-1940. More
Andrew Roberts on ...: Robert Blake's Disraeli
'Faber Finds are doing many good things and one of the very best is reissuing Robert Blake’s titles. With five titles scheduled to be made available again this year, they are not stinting. That is how it should be.' Generous words from Andrew Roberts as we reissue a supreme political biography. More
About Wallace Breem: Writing on War
Wallace Breem only wrote three novels - Eagle in the Snow (1970), The Legate's Daughter (1975) and The Leopard and the Cliff (1978). The latter as powerful today as it ever was, its Third Afghan War setting resonating with the war that continues to rage. More
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