Recommended Reading

Costa Prize for Biography - Recommended Reading

• • Search Result #1. Dotter of her Father\'s Eyes by Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot

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    Dotter of her Father's Eyes

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    Mary M Talbot and Bryan Talbot

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    3 Copies Available Novi Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, and Waterford Township Library
    

    Pub date

    2012 Costa /Biography

  • Search Result #2. Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas by Matthew Hollis

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    Now All Roads Lead to France: The Last Years of Edward Thomas

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    Matthew Hollis

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    2011 Costa /Biography

  • Search Result #3. The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal

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    The Hare With Amber Eyes

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    Edmund de Waal

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    9 Copies Available Brighton District Library, Chelsea District Library, Dexter District Library, Ferndale Public Library, Franklin Public Library, Hamtramck Public Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, and Salem-South Lyon District Library
    

    Pub date

    2010 Costa /Biography

  • Search Result #4. The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius by Graham Farmelo

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    The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius

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    Graham Farmelo

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    7 Copies Available Chelsea District Library, Novi Public Library, Oxford Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Waterford Township Library, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2009 Costa /Biography

  • Search Result #5. Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill

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    Somewhere Towards the End

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    Diana Athill

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    2 Copies Available Allen Park Public Lib. (Wayne Co. Library) and Novi Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2008 Costa /Biography

  • Search Result #6. Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill

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    Somewhere Towards the End

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    Diana Athill

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    8 Copies Available Brighton District Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Novi Public Library, Oxford Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2008 Costa /Biography

  • Search Result #7. Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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    Young Stalin

    Author

    Simon Sebag Montefiore

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    13 Copies Available Chelsea District Library, Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Dearborn Hts. South - JFK, Jr. Library, Dexter District Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Springfield Township Library, Wayne Public Library, Wyandotte Bacon Memorial Dist Lib, and Commerce Township Community Library
    

    Pub date

    2007 Costa /Biography

  • Search Result #8. Keeping Mum by Brian Thompson

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    Keeping Mum

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    Brian Thompson

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    2006 Costa /Biography

  • Search Result #9. Matisse the Master by Hilary Spurling

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    Matisse the Master

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    Hilary Spurling

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    6 Copies Available Manchester District Library, Milford Public Library, Novi Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Royal Oak Public Library, and Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.)
    

    Pub date

    2005 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #10. My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots by John Guy

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    My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots

    Author

    John Guy

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    2004 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #11. Orwell: The Life by D.J. Taylor

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    Orwell: The Life

    Author

    D.J. Taylor

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    2 Copies Available Royal Oak Public Library and Southgate Veterans Memorial Library
    

    Pub date

    2003 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #12. Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin

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    Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

    Author

    Claire Tomalin

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    7 Copies Available Dexter District Library, Ferndale Public Library, Highland Township Public Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Northville District Library, Pontiac Public Library, and Redford Township District Library
    

    Pub date

    2002 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #13. Selkirk\'s Island by Diana Souhami

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    Selkirk's Island

    Author

    Diana Souhami

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    2001 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #14. Bad Blood: A Memoir by Lorna Sage

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    Bad Blood: A Memoir

    Author

    Lorna Sage

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    15 Copies Available Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Garden City Public Library, Highland Township Public Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Livonia Public Library Carl Sandburg Branch, Lyon Township Public Library, Novi Public Library, Pontiac Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), Waterford Township Library, and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    2000 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #15. Berlioz Volume 2 by David Cairns

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    Berlioz Volume 2

    Author

    David Cairns

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1999 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #16. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman

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    Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

    Author

    Amanda Foreman

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    4 Copies Available Berkley Public Library, Chelsea District Library, Flat Rock Public Library, and Franklin Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1998 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #17. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman

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    Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

    Author

    Amanda Foreman

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    29 Copies Available Belleville Area District Library, Berkley Public Library, Brighton District Library, Brandon Township Library, Clawson Blair Memorial Library, Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Dearborn Hts. South - JFK, Jr. Library, Ferndale Public Library, Flat Rock Public Library, Franklin Public Library, Garden City Public Library, Highland Township Public Library, Huntington Woods Public Library, Lincoln Park Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Lyon Township Public Library, Madison Heights Public Library, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Redford Township District Library, Riverview Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, Springfield Township Library, Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), Waterford Township Library, and White Lake Township Library
    

    Pub date

    1998 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #18. Victor Hugo by Graham Robb

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    Victor Hugo

    Author

    Graham Robb

    Holdings

    13 Copies Available Dexter District Library, Ferndale Public Library, Flat Rock Public Library, Huntington Woods Public Library, Lincoln Park Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Milford Public Library, Northville District Library, Novi Public Library, Oak Park Public Library, Riverview Public Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, and Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.)
    

    Pub date

    1997 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #19. Thomas Cranmer: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch

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    Thomas Cranmer: A Life

    Author

    Diarmaid MacCulloch

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    1 copy available at Brighton District Library in Adult Non Fiction

    Pub date

    1996 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #20. Gladstone by Roy Jenkins

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    Gladstone

    Author

    Roy Jenkins

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    2 Copies Available Brighton District Library and Flat Rock Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1995 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #21. D. H. Lawrence: The Married Man by Brenda Maddox

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    D. H. Lawrence: The Married Man

    Author

    Brenda Maddox

    Holdings

    2 Copies Available Livonia Public Library Alfred Noble Branch and Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.)
    

    Pub date

    1994 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #22. Philip Larkin: A Writer\'s Life by Andrew Motion

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    Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life

    Author

    Andrew Motion

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1993 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #23. Trollope by Victoria Glendinning

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    Trollope

    Author

    Victoria Glendinning

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    2 Copies Available Berkley Public Library and Redford Township District Library
    

    Pub date

    1992 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #24. A Life of Picasso by John Richardson

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    A Life of Picasso

    Author

    John Richardson

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    3 Copies Available Dexter District Library
    

    Pub date

    1991 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #25. A Life of Picasso by John Richardson

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    A Life of Picasso

    Author

    John Richardson

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    8 Copies Available Belleville Area District Library, Chelsea District Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Milford Public Library, Novi Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Wayne Public Library, and Wyandotte Bacon Memorial Dist Lib
    

    Pub date

    1991 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #26. A Life of Picasso by John Richardson

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    A Life of Picasso

    Author

    John Richardson

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    8 Copies Available Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Milford Public Library, Novi Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), Wayne Public Library, and White Lake Township Library
    

    Pub date

    1991 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #27. A Life of Picasso by John Richardson

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    A Life of Picasso

    Author

    John Richardson

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    9 Copies Available Belleville Area District Library, Dearborn Hts. South - JFK, Jr. Library, Lincoln Park Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Milford Public Library, Novi Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Southgate Veterans Memorial Library, and Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.)
    

    Pub date

    1991 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #28. A. A. Milne: His Life by Ann Thwaite

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    A. A. Milne: His Life

    Author

    Ann Thwaite

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    3 Copies Available Brandon Township Library, Royal Oak Public Library, and Waterford Township Library
    

    Pub date

    1990 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #29. Coleridge: Early Visions by Richard Holmes

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    Coleridge: Early Visions

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    Richard Holmes

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    4 Copies Available Inkster Leanna Hicks Public Library, Melvindale Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Northville District Library, and Royal Oak Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1989 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #30. Tolstoy by A. N. Wilson

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    Tolstoy

    Author

    A. N. Wilson

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    11 Copies Available Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Livonia Public Library Civic Center, Melvindale Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Pontiac Public Library, Royal Oak Public Library, River Rouge Public Library (Wayne Co. Library), Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library), Trenton Veterans Memorial Lib. (Wayne Co. Lib.), Waterford Township Library, and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1988 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #31. Under the Eye of the Clock by Christopher Nolan

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    Under the Eye of the Clock

    Author

    Christopher Nolan

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    3 Copies Available Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Huntington Woods Public Library, and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1987 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #32. Gilbert White by Richard Mabey

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    Gilbert White

    Author

    Richard Mabey

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1986 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #33. Hugh Dalton by Ben Pimlott

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    Hugh Dalton

    Author

    Ben Pimlott

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1985 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #34. T. S. Eliot by Peter Ackroyd

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    T. S. Eliot

    Author

    Peter Ackroyd

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    2 Copies Available Livonia Public Library Civic Center and Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library)
    

    Pub date

    1984 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #35. Vita by Victoria Glendinning

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    Vita

    Author

    Victoria Glendinning

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    1 copy available at Royal Oak Public Library in Adult Collection

    Pub date

    1983 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #36. Bismarck by Edward Crankshaw

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    Bismarck

    Author

    Edward Crankshaw

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    5 Copies Available Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library, Hazel Park Memorial Library, Royal Oak Public Library, Salem-South Lyon District Library, and Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library)
    

    Pub date

    1982 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #37. Monty: The Making of a General by Nigel Hamilton

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    Monty: The Making of a General

    Author

    Nigel Hamilton

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    1 copy available at Livonia Public Library Civic Center in Biography Collection

    Pub date

    1981 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #38. Monty: The Making of a General by Nigel Hamilton

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    Monty: The Making of a General

    Author

    Nigel Hamilton

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    2 Copies Available Flat Rock Public Library and Taylor Community Library (Wayne Co. Library)
    

    Pub date

    1981 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #39. Monty: The Making of a General by Nigel Hamilton

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    Monty: The Making of a General

    Author

    Nigel Hamilton

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    1 copy available at Garden City Public Library in Adult Collection

    Pub date

    1981 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #40. On the Edge of Paradise: A. C. Benson the Diarist by David Newsome

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    On the Edge of Paradise: A. C. Benson the Diarist

    Author

    David Newsome

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1980 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #41. About Time by Penelope Mortimer

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    About Time

    Author

    Penelope Mortimer

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1979 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #42. Lloyd George: The People\'s Champion by John Grigg

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    Lloyd George: The People's Champion

    Author

    John Grigg

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1978 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #43. Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge

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    Injury Time

    Author

    Beryl Bainbridge

    Holdings

    2 Copies Available Pontiac Public Library and Royal Oak Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1977 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #44. Elizabeth Gaskell by Winifred Gerin

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    Elizabeth Gaskell

    Author

    Winifred Gerin

    Holdings

    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1976 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #45. In Our Infancy by Helen Corke

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    In Our Infancy

    Author

    Helen Corke

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1975 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #46. Poor Dear Brendan by Andrew Boyle

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    Poor Dear Brendan

    Author

    Andrew Boyle

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    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1974 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #47. CB: A Life of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman by John Wilson

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    CB: A Life of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

    Author

    John Wilson

    Holdings

    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1973 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #48. Trollope by James Pope-Hennessey

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    Trollope

    Author

    James Pope-Hennessey

    Holdings

    No copies of this title were found.

    Pub date

    1972 Whitbread /Biography

  • Search Result #49. Henrik Ibsen by Michael Meyer

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    Henrik Ibsen

    Author

    Michael Meyer

    Holdings

    2 Copies Available Dearborn Hts. North - Caroline Kennedy Library and Wayne Public Library
    

    Pub date

    1971 Whitbread /Biography

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