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Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Matthew Dennison
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Aristocrat, literary celebrity, 'Rose Queen', devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast - Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. Vita Sackville-West is perhaps best known as the creator, with her husband Harold Nicol ...Show more
Eternal Boy - The Life of Kenneth Grahame by Matthew Dennison
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
During the week Kenneth Grahame sat behind a mahogany desk as Secretary of the Bank of England; at the weekend he retired to the house in the country he shared with his fanciful wife Elspeth and fragile son Alistair and took lengthy walks along the Thames in Berkshire, 'tempted [by] the treasures of hed ...Show more
Eternal Boy - The Life of Kenneth Grahame by Matthew Dennison
$23.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
A TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR. 'Matthew Dennison skilfully covers the facts, producing a vivid impression of this strange, shy, awkward figure. The result is a highly readable book'Literary Review.'A haunting new biography ... A compelling account of Grahame's life'Daily Mail.'A sensitively probing and nuanc ...Show more
Over the Hills and Far Away: The Life of Beatrix Potter by Matthew Dennison
$25.00 NZD
Category: General Biography
Beatrix Potter is one of the world's bestselling, most cherished authors, whose books have enchanted generations of children for over a hundred years. Yet how she achieved this legendary status is just one of several stories of her remarkable and unexpected life. Inspired by the twenty-three "tales," M ...Show more
Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl, An Unofficial Biography by Matthew Dennison
$54.99 NZD
Category: Literary Biography
From one of our finest contemporary biographers, a concise life of Roald Dahl - much-loved author and creator of numerous iconic literary characters. Roald Dahl was one of the world's greatest storytellers. He conceived his vocation as one as intrepid as that of any explorer and, in his writing for chil ...Show more
The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter by Matthew Dennison
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Beatrice was the last child born to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her father died when she was four and as Matthew Dennison relates Victoria came to depend on her youngest daughter absolutely, but she also demanded from her complete submission. It is an enthralling story, not just of a mother/daught ...Show more
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