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Boswell's Presumptuous Task : Writing the Life of Dr Johnson by Adam Sisman
$27.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
This book presents 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. James Boswell's "Life of Johnson" is acknowledged as one of the greatest and most e ...Show more
John Le Carre: The Biography by Adam Sisman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: good
John le Carre is still at the top, more than half a century after The Spy Who Came in from the Cold became a worldwide bestseller. From his bleak childhood - the departure of his mother when he was five was followed by 'sixteen hugless years' in the dubious care of his father, a serial-seducer and con-m ...Show more
John le Carre: The Biography: The Biography by Adam Sisman
$21.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carré a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remains an enigma. He has consistently quarried his life for his writing, and his novels seem to offer tantalizing glimpses of their author - b ...Show more
More Dashing - Further Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor by Patrick Leigh Fermor; Adam Sisman (Volume Editor)
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The second volume of exuberant, lively letters from legendary travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor The first collection of letters from Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dashing for the Post, delighted critics and public alike. This second volume, More Dashing, presents a further selection of letters that exude a ze ...Show more
More Dashing: Further Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor by Patrick Leigh Fermor; Adam Sisman (Volume Editor)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The second volume of exuberant, lively letters from legendary travel writer Patrick Leigh FermorThe first collection of letters from Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dashing for the Post, delighted critics and public alike. This second volume, More Dashing, presents a further selection of letters that exude a zest ...Show more
The Secret Life of John le Carre by Adam Sisman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carre was alive. Secrecy came naturally to John le Carre, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait ...Show more
Wordsworth and Coleridge - The Friendship by Adam Sisman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship -- and quarrel -- between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism. Wordsworth and Coleridge's passionate intimacy, shared ambition and subsequent estrangement contribute to a tragic tale. But Sisman's biog ...Show more
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