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The Story of Beatrix Potter by Sarah Gristwood
Category: Biography | Series: National Trust History & Heritage
To this day, Beatrix Potter's tales delight children and grown-ups around the world. But few people realise how extraordinary her own story is. She was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A talented artist who became a scientific expert ...Show more
The Story of Beatrix Potter by Sarah Gristwood
Category: Biography
This illustrated biography of the beloved writer has been a strong seller and critical success. It is now available in a smaller, more affordable format. Interest in Beatrix Potter and her characters is undimmed, with the second Peter Rabbit film being released in summer 2021 and an exhibition at the V& ...Show more
The Tudors in Love by Sarah Gristwood
Category: History
'One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.' Tracy Borman 'A riveting, pacy page-turner... the Tudors as you've never seen them before.' Alison Weir Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a g ...Show more
The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty by Sarah Gristwood
Category: Non-Fiction
A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2021 'One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.' Tracy Borman Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth? The dramas of courtly love ...Show more
Vita and Virginia: A Double Life by Sarah Gristwood
Category: Biography
A double biography of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, their friendship and love affair. Virginia Woolf is one of the world's most famous writers - a leading light of literary modernism and feminism - and a British icon. During the 1920s she had a passionate affair with a fellow author, Vita Sa ...Show more