A beautifully illustrated edition of the Bible, created especially for children. From the peak of Mount Sinai to the shores of the Sea of Galilee - Old and New Testament stories are brought to life with photographs and maps to put the stories in context. Ages 5+ years.
An autobiography of Diana Mitford describing how it came about that both Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler adored her, and Evelyn Waugh and Oswald Mosley fell in love with her.
Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, and an acute observer of upper-class English idiosyncrasies. This book captures equally the gaiety and frivolity and the unhappy truth of Nancy Mitford's life: her failed marriage and her relationship with 'the Colonel' contrasting sharply with literary celebrity and glittering social success.
Lehmann's life was as romantic and harrowing as that of any of her fictional heroines. This biography conjures up with warmth and wit the intimate world of a woman whose dramatic life, work and relationships criss-crossed the cultural, literary and political landscape of England in that era.
The life of Rosamond Lehmann was as romantic and harrowing as that of any of her fictional heroines. Her first novel Dusty Answer , became wildly successful, launching her career as a novelist. Just as her novels depicted the tempestuous lives of her heroines, Rosamond's personal life was to be full of heartbreaking affairs and lost loves.