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‘Gripping and profoundly moving’ DAMON GALGUT
‘Deft and operatic’ OBSERVER
A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023
‘Gripping and profoundly moving’ DAMON GALGUT
‘Deft and operatic’ OBSERVER
A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023
It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong.
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‘A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age’ ADAM ZAMOYSKI
This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out.
When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried at sea, the Queen Mother replied cheerfully. ‘Dear old Edwina, she always did like to make a splash!’
‘’F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts – moreish and fabulously salty’ JOE LYCETT
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war’s echoing legacy.
Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography.
POLITICIAN • PRISONER • PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leaders
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A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023
‘Epic, moving and important’ ROBERT HARRIS
