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Diane Banks
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
The Card by Arnold Bennett
Public Domain Books (originally Methuen, February 1911) I have a penchant for that particular genre of turn-of-the-(twentieth)-century...
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Diane Banks
- Oct 25, 2020
- 3 min
For the Record by David Cameron
William Collins, October 2020 A year after publication, three years since it was supposed to be published, a month after the paperback,...
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Diane Banks
- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
The Brideship Wife by Leslie Howard
Simon & Schuster Canada, May 2020 This debut set in 19th century British Columba intrigued me as I’ve spent some time researching the...
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Diane Banks
- Jul 12, 2020
- 4 min
Hagar of Homerton by Alice Dudeney
C Arthur Pearson, 1898 I first came across Alice Dudeney whilst working with Damian Collins on his biography of Sir Philip Sassoon five...
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Diane Banks
- Jul 5, 2020
- 4 min
Dressed for War: the Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire by Julie Summers
Simon & Schuster, February 2020 This is another excellent biography of a woman who was pivotal to history but whose contribution has been...
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