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  • Hertfordshire

    A Landscape History

    Dividing the county of Hertfordshire into four broad regions—the "champion" countryside in the north, the Chiltern dip slope to the west, the fertile boulder clays of the east, and the unwelcoming London Clay in the south—this volume explains how, in the course of the middle ages, natural characteristics influenced the development of land use and settlement to create a range of distinctive ... Leer más

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  • Dury and Andrews’ Map of Hertfordshire

    Society and landscape in the eighteenth century

    This book is about the map of an English county – Hertfordshire – which was published in 1766 by two London mapmakers, Andrew Dury and John Andrews.For well over two centuries, from the time of Elizabeth I to the late 18th century, the county was the basic unit for mapping in Britain and the period witnessed several episodes of comprehensive map making. The map which forms the subject of this book ... Leer más

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  • Living on Paper

    Letters from Iris Murdoch, 1934–1995

    de Iris Murdoch ...
    "This collection of letters provides a fascinating insight into the life of a complex and important novelist. It is a wonderful book." —Alexander McCall Smith, national bestselling authorIris Murdoch was an acclaimed novelist and groundbreaking philosopher whose life reflected her unconventional beliefs and values. But what has been missing from biographical accounts has been Murdoch's own voice ... Leer más

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  • Poems from an Attic

    Newly discovered, an astonishing collection from the Booker prizewinner

    de Iris Murdoch ...
    '...Without surpriseI see him now in evil company.A wicked face – but oh those eyes could charm –Heart, sudden heart, don’t beat me to my knees.'**Long hidden in an attic, vivid and revelatory poems shine a new light on the life and loves of Iris Murdoch.*As seen in the Guardian***With an introduction by Booker-shortlisted author Sarah Hall, and an essay from the editors.***In the dusty attic o... ... Leer más

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  • Iris Murdoch

    A Literary Life

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This largely chronological study of Iris Murdoch's literary life begins with her fledgling publications at Badminton School and Oxford, and her Irish heritage. It moves through the novels of the next four decades and concludes with an account of the biographical, critical and media attention given to her life and work since her death in 1999. ... Leer más

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  • My Name Is Lucy Barton

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  • The Long Way Home

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  • What W. H. Auden Can Do for You

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  • Poems That Make Grown Men Cry

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