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Tudors - The History of England: Volume II by Peter Ackroyd
$45.00 AUD
Category: World History/Politics | Series: The\History of England Ser. | Reading Level: 16
Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome, and his relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how t ...Show more
Wilkie Collins by Peter Ackroyd
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography / Memoir
Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, loved by children, irresistibly attractive to women - and avidly re ...Show more
Wilkie Collins by Peter Ackroyd
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biography / Memoir | Reading Level: very good
Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely short-sighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colourful clothes, 'as if playing a certain part in the great general drama of life', Wilkie Collins looked distinctly strange. But he was none the less a charmer, befriended by the great, ...Show more