Jenny Uglow Forfatter
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Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick, from the author of A Year with Gilbert White (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who revolutionised wood-engraving and influenced book illustration for a century to come.
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The Lunar Men: The Inventors of the Modern World 1730-1810 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experimenters, tradesmen and artisans who met and made friends in the Midlands in the 1760s.
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A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after... Læs mere
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William Hogarth: A Life and a World (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
William Hogarth was an artist with overflowing imagination and his prints hang in our pubs and leap out from our history-books. This book showcases the portrait of a proud, stubborn, comic, vulnerable man.
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In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793–1815 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeAs the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for those left at home? Award-winning... Læs mere
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Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A scrupulously forensic literary appreciation of Edward Lear and his 'nonsenses' by one of our most cherished historians - without losing any sense of fun.
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Elizabeth Gaskell (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city... Læs mere
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George Eliot (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
* A fascinating insight into the contradictions between Eliot's private life and her writings
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The Pinecone (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate, an architect and an intellectual who dumbfounded critics with her genius and originality. Born into an old Cumbrian family, heiress to an industrial fortune, Sarah combined a zest for progress with a love of the past.
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Sybil & Cyril: Cutting through Time (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
'A joy to read.' Sunday Times'Outstanding.' Daily Telegraph'Excellent.' The Spectator'Superb.' Literary Review'Scintillating . Both became famous for their dynamic, modernist linocuts - streamlined, full of movement and brilliant colour, summing up the hectic interwar years.
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A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From one of the most enquiring and celebrated biographers - a glimpse into the life and mind of a pioneering naturalist.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
