Aristocrats

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Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers, Tender is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocris...

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Contributor(s): Author: Anatole FranceTranslator: Frederick DaviesIntroduction by: Frederick DaviesIt is April 1793 and the final power struggle of...

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The Honourable Galahad Threepwood has decided to write his memoirs and England's aristocrats are all diving for cover, not least Galahad's formidab...

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DescriptionAugust 1464: Young Nico Argenti returns from the university with a law degree. He is eager to begin his career, but instead finds his ci...

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Coco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth cent...

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Philosophy of the Boudoir follows three aristocrats as they indoctrinate the fifteen-year-old Eugénie de Mistival in 'the principles of the most ou...

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DescriptionThis anthology is a unique collection of rare women's writing written during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This collection in...

Set against the terrible struggle of the English Civil War and the dark plots of the Commonwealth, Rebels and Traitors tells of soldiers, adventure...

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