Dr. Charles Burney: A Literary Biography 9780198128854

Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material, this intimate study of one of the most engaging and energetic men of his ag

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Dr. Charles Burney: A Literary Biography
9780198128854

The letters of the great eighteenth-century historian of music and man of letters, Dr Charles Burney (1726-1814), friend

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From one of America’s longest-serving foreign correspondents, a biography of France’s controversial politician and state

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Vernon Lee, born Violet Paget in 1856 to English parents who lived on the Continent, bridged two worlds and many culture

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Young Man from Atlanta and Academy Awards for the screen adaptation of To

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