Literary Biography

Walter Jackson Bate - Coleridge : A Critical Biography - PB

Partly a literary biography of Romantic era poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's life, and partly an examination of the poetry for which he remains best known.  Originally published 1968, here in a 1987 reprint  from Harvard UP. Sun  fade to...

Frederik Pohl - The Way the Future Was - A Memoir

Published by Del Rey USA, 1979, (first published 1978)  Frederik Pohl was one of the most influential and connected authors and organisers in teh world of US 20TH century Science Fiction, as well as being the author of award winning novels and short...

Barbara Belford / Oscar Wilde : A Certain Genius (Hardback)

In this biography Barbara Belford breaks new ground in the evocation of Oscar Wilde's personal life and in our understanding of the choices he made for his art.Based on extensive study of original sources and animated throughout by historical detail,...

Judith Cook, J.B. Priestley / Priestley (Hardback)

This is a comprehensive biography of J.B. Priestley which has been written with the co-operation of the Priestley children and, in the 18 months before her death, of his widow, Jacquetta Hawkes.     All of our books are second hand, and while...

Andrew Motion / Keats - A Biography (Hardback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Arthur Gelb, Barbara Gelb / O'Neill : Life with Monte Cristo (Hardback)

If at first you don't succeed... well, actually, Arthur and Barbara Gelb's 1962 book about Eugene O'Neill was a resounding success by any measure; for years, theirs was the definitive account of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright and his work. Far from...

Humphrey Carpenter / W.H. Auden A Biography

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Lucy Worsley - Agatha Christie - A Very Elusive Woman - HB

** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award ** 'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse' - THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'A riveting portrait' - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR *** 'Christie lovers should read this biography...

Maya Angelou - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - US PB

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love...

Diana Athill / Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend (Hardback)

Written in an even more vivid and direct style than her celebrated memoirs, Diana Athill's letters to the American poet Edward Field reveal a sharply intelligent woman with a brilliant sense of humour, a keen eye for the absurd, a fierce loyalty and...