Advantages: A tremendous insight into society during the Regency and Victorian eras Disadvantages: Not a great read if you're not interested in history
THE AUTHOR
Regrettably I wasn't able to find a website for this author, however going from the blurb on the book sleeve alone I can tell you that owing to the fact that her family were diplomats she spent over 25 years living abroad in Europe, the Far ...
Advantages: Beautifully written mini-biographies Disadvantages: Focused on a relatively small period
Back to the Hay Festival and a review of a book from another talk. Katie Hickman was promoting her latest book, Courtesans. She is an eloquent orator who is confident in her book and her knowledge on the topic. Her obvious pride and enjoyment in her book ...
Advantages: Well-written, extremely interesting, and the author comes across as genuinely likeable Disadvantages: None
Who could resist a title like that? And is this a former librarian or someone like that? The answer is no. The book So why the title? Shirley Catlin, as she was born in 1930, tells us in the early pages of this memoir that during her childhood her ...
Advantages: Brilliant title, a very interesting memoir of a life in politics Disadvantages: She's a Liberal Democrat!; there are places I would have liked to know more
Now in her 80s, a British politician looks back over her long political career. Shirley Williams is perhaps most famous for being one of the Gang of Four, a group of MPs who broke away from the Labour Party in 1981 to found the Social Democratic Party ...
Advantages: An interesting look at how we see ourselves Disadvantages: if you are looking for a light read this may not be for you
Are the British obsessed with Class? David Cannadine thinks so and in this book he looks in detail at the history of social division and at the rhetoric, politics and reality of the British peoples' perception of their place in society.
The book begins ...
