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Tolstoy
A Biography
Av A. N. Wilson
Häftad, 2001
419 kr
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In this landmark biography of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, A. N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer’s life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his literary genius after aimless years of gambling and womanizing, and his increasingly …
Goethe
His Faustian Life - The Extraordinary Story of Modern Germany, a Troubled Genius and the Poem that Made Our World
Av A. N. Wilson
Häftad, 2027
162 kr
Kommande
** A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR **'Wild, brilliant and has all the intelligence to rival its subject. Five Stars.' - Frances Wilson, The Telegraph'Exuberant and wide-ranging' - Literary Review'Passionate' - The TimesA spellbinding recreation of Goethe’s life and work from one of our greatest …
Wise and Their Works
The Legacy of the Great Exhibition of 1851
Av A. N. Wilson
Inbunden, 2026
411 kr
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The Wise and Their Works celebrates the 175th anniversary of the Great Exhibition in 2026.The men who inspired the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Henry Cole, Sir Robert Peel and above all Prince Albert himself - were at the centre of an extraordinary combination of manufacturing, commercial skill and …
C. S. Lewis
A Biography
Av A. N. Wilson
Häftad, 2005
176 kr
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This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis.C. S. Lewis was a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the clever child from the ‘Little End Room’ of his Ulster …
C. S. Lewis
A Biography
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2013
120 kr
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This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis.C. S. Lewis was a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the clever child from the `Little End Room’ of his Ulster …
Hitler
A Short Biography
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2012
159 kr
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Written by acclaimed biographer A. N. Wilson, Hitler offers a short, sharp, gripping account of one of the twentieth century’s most monstrous and influential figures.In 1923, a thirty-four year old Adolf Hitler was in prison after taking part in an unsuccessful putsch to overthrow the German …
Book of the People
How to Read the Bible
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2016
54 kr
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"An erudite, elegant, and quietly impassioned plea" exploring historical and literary aspects of the Bible is "an easy, pleasurable read" (The Guardian).In The Book of the People, acclaimed author A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read …
Charles Darwin
Victorian Mythmaker
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2024
44 kr
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A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life.With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin—hailed as the man who "discovered evolution"—was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo, Copernicus, and …
Prince Albert
The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2024
96 kr
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A deeply textured and ambitious portrait of the life of Queen Victoria''s husband and his influence on Great Britain, by the author of Victoria."An engrossing biography that continues the author''s long engagement with the Victorian age. . . . [Wilson''s] most striking contribution, though, is a …
Mystery of Charles Dickens
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2024
87 kr
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Winner, Plutarch Award for Best Biography: A "marvelous exploration" of Dickens''s life and how it shaped his extraordinarily popular novels (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).An exceedingly rare talent and great orator, slight of build with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Charles Dickens …
After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World
Av A. N. Wilson
Häftad, 2006
458 kr
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Norton Book of London
Inbunden, 2026
735 kr
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London has always been much more than a capital city. Its allure is so powerful that the city of monarchs and merchants once prompted Samuel Johnson to declare, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." From the Great Fire of 1666 to the Blitz of World War II, from the building of the …
A Watch in the Night: Being the Conclusion of the Lampitt Chronicles
Av A. N. Wilson
Häftad, 2007
320 kr
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Victorians
Av A. N. Wilson
Häftad, 2004
497 kr
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The nineteenth century saw greater changes than any previous era: in the ways nations and societies were organized, in scientific knowledge, and in nonreligious intellectual development. The crucial players in this drama were the British, who invented both capitalism and imperialism and were …
Jesus
A Life
Av A. N. Wilson
Häftad, 2004
300 kr
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What are the facts about the life of Jesus, as opposed to the myths, or unprovable tenets of faith surrounding the miracles, death, and resurrection? How and when did Christianity become a separate religion from the Judaism into which Jesus was born? To what extent was his powerover contemporaries …
God's Funeral
A Biography of Faith and Doubt in Western Civilization
Av A. N. Wilson
Häftad, 1999
326 kr
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By the end of the nineteenth century, almost all the great writers, artists, and intellectuals had abandoned Christianity, and many abandoned belief in God altogether. This was partly the result of scientific discovery, particularly the work of Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species. (No reader …
Victoria
A Life
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2014
80 kr
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“[A] shimmering and rather wonderful biography.” — The Guardian (London) When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was the mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe through her children’s marriages. To many, Queen Victoria …
London: A Short History
Av A N Wilson
Häftad, 2011
151 kr
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'Engaging ... As each era superimposes itself on the ones before, he conjures up the vanished human history, hidden like the rivers flowing beneath, that is so much part of London's atmosphere' IRISH TIMES'Tantalisingly excellent' ISLINGTON TRIBUNEFrom Chaucer to Churchill, from Pepys to Dickens - …
Wise and Their Works
The Legacy of the Great Exhibition of 1851
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2026
562 kr
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The Wise and Their Works celebrates the 175th anniversary of the Great Exhibition in 2026.The men who inspired the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Henry Cole, Sir Robert Peel and above all Prince Albert himself - were at the centre of an extraordinary combination of manufacturing, commercial skill and …
Charles Darwin
Victorian Mythmaker
Av A N Wilson
E-bok, 2017
45 kr
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'' Hugely enjoyable '' - Spectator '' A lucid, elegantly written and thought-provoking social and intellectual history '' - Evening Standard '' As a historian trying to put Darwin in the context of his time, there is surely no better biographer than Wilson'' - The Times ''A work of scholarship that …
Confessions
A Life of Failed Promises
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2022
143 kr
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Known for his journalism, biographies and novels, A. N. Wilson turns a merciless searchlight on his own early life, his experience of sexual abuse, his catastrophic mistakes in love (sacred and profane) and his life in Grub Street – as a prolific writer. Before he came to London, as one of the …
Confessions
A Life of Failed Promises
Av A. N. Wilson
E-bok, 2022
143 kr
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Known for his journalism, biographies and novels, A. N. Wilson turns a merciless searchlight on his own early life, his experience of sexual abuse, his catastrophic mistakes in love (sacred and profane) and his life in Grub Street – as a prolific writer. Before he came to London, as one of the …
