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  • Parry Thomas

    The First Driver to be Killed in Pursuit of the Land Speed Record

    by Hugh Tours ...
    This biography of the Welsh engineer and racing driver recounts the achievements of his remarkable life and his death in pursuit of a dream.In April of 1926, J.G. Parry-Thomas broke the land speed record, reaching 171.02 miles per hour in a car he designed himself. He and his car Babs were celebrated across the world. But less than a year later, his record was beaten by Colin Campbell at Pendine ... Read more

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  • The Life and Letters of Emma Hamilton

    The Story of Admiral Nelson and the Most Famous Woman of the Georgian Age

    by Hugh Tours ...
    "Reads like a romantic novel, could have been written by someone of the caliber of Jean Plaidy . . . Absolutely fascinating and full of revelations." —Books MonthlyBorn in 1765 in Neston, Cheshire, Amy Lyon took the stagecoach to London, beginning her remarkable journey to international fame. Soon to be known as "Emma," she worked for various actresses at Drury Lane Theatre before becoming a ... Read more

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  • Forbidden Wife

    The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray

    by Julia Abel Smith ...
    On the night of 4 April 1793, two lovers were preparing to compel a cleric to perform a secret ceremony. The wedding of the sixth son of King George III to the daughter of the Earl of Dunmore would not only be concealed – it would also be illegal.Lady Augusta Murray had known Prince Augustus Frederick for only three months but they had already fallen deeply in love and were desperate to be married ... Read more

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  • England's Mistress

    The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton

    by Kate Williams ...
    She was the most famous woman in England–the beautiful model for society painters Joshua Reynolds and George Romney, an icon of fashion, the wife of an ambassador, and the mistress of naval hero Horatio Nelson. But Emma Hamilton had been born to the poverty of a coal-mining town and spent her teenage years working as a prostitute. From the brothels of London to the glittering court of Naples and ... Read more

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  • The Prince's Mistress, Perdita

    A Life of Mary Robinson

    by Hester Davenport ...
    Mary Robinson, nicknamed 'Perdita' by the Prince of Wales after her role on the London stage, was a woman in whom showmanship and reckless behaviour contrasted with romantic sensibility and radical thinking. Born in Bristol in 1758, she moved to London with her family at a young age and was trained by Garrick for the theatre. After a royal command performance as Perdita in "The Winter's Tale", she ... Read more

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  • Too Great A Lady

    The Notorious, Glorious Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton

    by Amanda Elyot ...
    Emma Hamilton is renowned as the real-life heroine of the greatest love story in British history, as legendary for her beauty as for her passionate love affair with Britain’s greatest hero, Lord Horatio Nelson. Amanda Elyot breathes new life into this remarkable woman, in what might have been Emma’s very own words.The impoverished daughter of an illiterate country farrier, young Emily Lyon sold ... Read more

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  • The Journal of Sir Walter Scott

    by Walter Scott ...
    Series Book 87 - Canongate Classics
    This edition of the great Scottish author's personal journal is "truly a classic . . . compelling right to the very last unfinished sentence" ( Scotland on Sunday, UK).The celebrated 18th and 19th century Scottish author of such classics as Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, and The Lady of the Lake delivers what many regard as his greatest work: a day-to-day account of the last six years of his life as he ... Read more

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  • The Nelson Touch

    The Life and Legend of Horatio Nelson

    by Terry Coleman ...
    Admiral Horatio Nelson captures our imaginations like few other military figures. A mixture of tactical originality, raw courage, cruelty, and romantic passion, Nelson in action was daring and direct, a paramount naval genius and a natural born predator. Now, in The Nelson Touch, novelist Terry Coleman provides a superb portrait of Britain's most revered naval figure. Here is a vivid account of ... Read more

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  • The Letters of Lord Nelson - Volumes 1 and 2

    by Horatio Nelson ...
    A collection of the personal letters of one of history's greatest military minds to his mistress Lady Hamilton. ... Read more

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  • The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton

    by Horatio Nelson ...
    Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories. He was wounded several times in combat, ... Read more

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  • Journals and Letters

    by Frances Burney ...
    Novelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters, beginning with the diary she started at fifteen and continuing until the end of her eventful life. From her youth in London high society to a period in the court of Queen Charlotte and her years interned in France with her husband Alexandre d'Arblay during the Napoleonic Wars, she ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh by Jane Austen (Illustrated)

    by Jane Austen ...
    Series Book 13 - Delphi Parts Edition (Jane Austen)
    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Jane Austen’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in ... Read more

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