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ISBN: 9781446484920 - Churchill Churchill
Brendon, Piers

ISBN10: 9781446484920  ISBN13: 9781446484920
Publisher: Random House Vintage Digital
Format: Electronic Book
This astute biography brilliantly captures, in one volume, the full range of Winston Churchill's astonishing career. perhaps the greatest political figure of modern times, Churchill's achievement extended well beyond his emblematic role in the... More

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ISBN: 9781446484531 - Hawker Of Morwenstow Hawker Of Morwenstow
Brendon, Piers

ISBN10: 9781446484531  ISBN13: 9781446484531
Publisher: Random House Vintage Digital
Format: Electronic Book
This illuminating biography of Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-75) unravels fully the famous Cornish parson-poet's rich personality. Drawing on a mass of unpublished material, Piers Brendon re-creates one of the most bizarre of Victorian lives... More

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ISBN: 9780712668460 - The Decline and Fall of the British Empire Bestseller The Decline and Fall of the British Empire
Piers Brendon

ISBN10: 0712668462  ISBN13: 9780712668460
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Oct 2008
No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. This book presents the story of the decline and eclipse of British might, the major historical... More

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ISBN: 9780712667142 - The Dark Valley The Dark Valley
Piers Brendon

ISBN10: 0712667148  ISBN13: 9780712667142
Publisher: Vintage Pimlico
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 2001
In this worldwide survey of the 1930s, Brendon examines the great powers and their leaders and investigates how, and how far, contemporary minds knew what they knew, and the extent to which our own view of the time is fogged by their uncertainty. More

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ISBN: 9780224087513 - Eminent Elizabethans Eminent Elizabethans
Piers Brendon

ISBN10: 0224087517  ISBN13: 9780224087513
Publisher: Vintage Jonathan Cape Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Sep 2012
As a sequel to "Eminent Edwardians", the author turns his sharp and witty eye to four characters who have illuminated the age of Elizabeth II. He looks at: Rupert Murdoch; Prince Charles; Margaret Thatcher; and Mick Jagger. Each had their part to... More

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ISBN: 9780712667722 - Hawker of Morwenstow Hawker of Morwenstow
Piers Brendon

ISBN10: 0712667725  ISBN13: 9780712667722
Publisher: Vintage Pimlico
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 04 Apr 2002
This biography of Robert Stephen Hawker unravels the famous Cornish parson-poet's rich personality. Drawing on a mass of material, Brendon re-creates one of the most bizarre and eccentric Victorian lives, substituting character for caricature. More

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ISBN: 9780712667739 - Winston Churchill Winston Churchill
Piers Brendon

ISBN10: 0712667733  ISBN13: 9780712667739
Publisher: Vintage Pimlico
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Mar 2001
This biography captures the full range of Winston Churchill's career. Churchill's achievement extended beyond his role in World War II. There are anecdotes to help illuminate this account of the courage and egotism, rudeness and humour... More

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ISBN: 9781844130818 - Eminent Edwardians Eminent Edwardians
Piers Brendon

ISBN10: 1844130819  ISBN13: 9781844130818
Publisher: Vintage Pimlico
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 May 2003
Astute, witty, and mercifully brief, "Eminent Edwardians" is a portrait of an age. Piers Brendon reveals the essence of the Edwardian era in biographical sketches of four of its most famous figures: Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister and inspirer of... More

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ISBN: 9780747530343 - The Motoring Century The Motoring Century
Piers Brendon

ISBN10: 0747530343  ISBN13: 9780747530343
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 17 Apr 1997
This is a centenary history of the Royal Automobile Club. The book is a record of the work of the institution, tracing the journey of the car through 100 years of Britain's national life. It also looks at how the automobile has revolutionized... More

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ISBN: 9780712667975 - The Windsors The Windsors
Piers Brendon, Phillip Whitehead

ISBN10: 0712667970  ISBN13: 9780712667975
Publisher: Vintage Pimlico
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Dec 2000
A biography of the British royal family, this book tells the story of the House of Windsor from its foundations in 1917 to the turn of the new century. The book shows how the monarchy has recreated itself down the ages, and looks at the role of... More