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ISBN: 9780753828618 - Hugh Trevor-Roper Hugh Trevor-Roper
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 0753828618  ISBN13: 9780753828618
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sep 2011
The first biography of the great historian whose career was made and unmade by Hitler. Hugh Trevor-Roper's life is a rich subject for a biography - with elements of Greek tragedy, comedy and moments of high farce. Clever, witty and sophisticated... More

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ISBN: 9780297852148 - Hugh Trevor-Roper Hugh Trevor-Roper
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 0297852140  ISBN13: 9780297852148
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08 Jul 2010
The first biography of the great historian whose career was made and unmade by Hitler. Hugh Trevor-Roper's life is a rich subject for a biography - with elements of Greek tragedy, comedy and moments of high farce. Clever, witty and sophisticated... More

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ISBN: 9780007160532 - The Friendship The Friendship
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 0007160534  ISBN13: 9780007160532
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPerennial
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Sep 2007
The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship -- and quarrel -- between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism. The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship -... More

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ISBN: 9780297858560 - Hugh Trevor-Roper Hugh Trevor-Roper
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 0297858564  ISBN13: 9780297858560
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format: Electronic Book
Publication date: 01 Jun 2010

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ISBN: 9781856192101 - A.J.P.Taylor A.J.P.Taylor
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 1856192105  ISBN13: 9781856192101
Publisher: Vintage Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 31 Jan 1994
With many unpublished letters and documents, and interviews with family and colleagues, this biography portrays the man popularly known as "A.J.P.". Hardly a typical Oxford don, he was also a controversial writer, TV personality, CND orator... More

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ISBN: 9780007160525 - The Friendship The Friendship
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 0007160526  ISBN13: 9780007160525
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPress
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 02 Oct 2006
The friendship between William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge produced dazzling results; from it came Lyrical Ballads, the volume that kick-started the Romantic movement in England. Though much has been written about both these two... More

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ISBN: 9780007234295 - Boswell's Presumptuous Task Boswell's Presumptuous Task
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 0007234295  ISBN13: 9780007234295
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPerennial
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Oct 2006
A sparkling account of the writing of one of the most celebrated biographies of all time -- 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' -- and an account of the friendship that blossomed between writer and his subject. A sparkling account of the writing of one... More

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ISBN: 9780140254211 - Boswell's Presumptuous Task Boswell's Presumptuous Task
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 0140254218  ISBN13: 9780140254211
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Sep 2001
This work concentrates on the years after Johnson's death, during which Boswell, through all his trials and sorrows, remained dedicated to the task of depicting his friend "more completely than any man who has yet ever lived". James Boswell died a... More

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ISBN: 9780241136379 - Boswell's Presumptuous Task Boswell's Presumptuous Task
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 0241136377  ISBN13: 9780241136379
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 02 Nov 2000
This is the story of Boswell's 'presumptuous task': his biography of Samuel Johnson. It traces the unlikely friendship between these two such different men, one of the most compelling pairings in the history of literature; and exposes the tensions... More

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ISBN: 9781863731140 - The World's Most Incredible Stories The World's Most Incredible Stories
Adam Sisman

ISBN10: 1863731148  ISBN13: 9781863731140
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Dec 1991