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In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 by Jenny Uglow
24.99 AUD
Category: History
We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers ...Show more
In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 by Jenny Uglow
49.99 AUD
Category: History
We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bakers ...Show more
Mr Lear - A Life of Art and Nonsense by Jenny Uglow
29.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Acclaimed historian Jenny Uglow brings us a fascinating and beautifully illustratedbiography of Edward Lear, shortlisted for Waterstone's Book of the Year, and a Telegraph and Spectator Book of the Year.
Sybil & Cyril by Jenny Uglow
39.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year old architect, left his family to work with the twenty-four year old Sybil Andrews. They would be together for twenty years. Both became famous for their dynamic, modernist linocuts, streamlined, full of movement and brilliant colour, summing up the hectic interwar ye ...Show more
Sybil & Cyril: Cutting through Time by Jenny Uglow
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
From one of our most admired writers, the gripping story of a dynamic artistic partnership between the wars.
The Lost Carving - A Journey to the Heart of Making by David Esterly; Jenny Uglow (Introduction by)
24.99 AUD
Category: History
"A beautiful, intricate meditation on creativity and discovery, on fire and rebirth." --Elizabeth GilbertAwestruck at the sight of a Grinling Gibbons carving in a London church, David Esterly chose to dedicate his life to woodcarving--its physical rhythms, intricate beauty, and intellectual demands. For ...Show more
The Pinecone by Jenny Uglow
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
In the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, stands the strangest and most magical church in Victorian England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate and unusual in every way. Born into an old Cumbrian family, heiress to an industrial fortune, Sara ...Show more
The Quentin Blake Book by Jenny Uglow
60.00 AUD
Category: Design
A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, released ahead of the artist's 90th birthday in December 2022.Quentin Blake is an artist who has charmed and inspired generations of readers. Tracing Blake's art and career from his very first drawings - published ...Show more
Words and Pictures - Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition by Jenny Uglow
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
As children, learning to read, we look first at the illustrations - but how do these tell their stories differently from the words? Words & Pictures explores this question through three encounters between writers and artists. It looks at how artists have responded to two great, contrasting works, Pa ...Show more
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