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  • Fabulous Fanny Cradock

    TV's Outrageous Queen of Cuisine

    by Clive Ellis ...
    While Fanny Cradock cut a controversial figure – berating Margaret Thatcher for wearing 'cheap shoes and clothes', writing off Eamonn Andrews as a 'blundering amateur' and famously being forced to apologise for insulting a housewife cook on The Big Time – her cookery programmes were enormously popular.Dressed in evening gown, drop earrings and pearls, donning thick make-up, she boomed orders to ... Read more

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  • Diana's Nightmare

    The Family

    Even before Lady Diana Spencer married into the most revered family on earth, she had her suspicions that the kith and kin of Prince Charles were not all they seemed-to-be. No sooner had she become the Princess of Wales and moved into Kensington Palace than her fears were confirmed: the House of Windsor constituted a flawed dynasty. Diana’s Nightmare reveals the previously untold secrets Diana ... Read more

    $8.04 USD

  • Queen Consort

    The Life of Queen Camilla

    by Penny Junor ...
    "Thoroughly well-written, this is a believable portrait of a woman who did not seek publicity or a royal role but instead to support the love of her life, Prince Charles." — Library Journal (starred review)In the first in-depth biography of Camilla—the infamous other woman who made the marriage of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana "a bit crowded"—esteemed royal biographer Penny Junor ... Read more

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  • Diana

    Her True Story in Her Own Words

    by Andrew Morton ...
    The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death.When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Greeted initially with disbelief and ridicule, the #1 New York Times bestselling biography has become a unique ... Read more

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  • The Fry Chronicles

    An Autobiography

    by Stephen Fry ...
    The British actor, writer, and comedy legend tells his story: "Funny, poignant . . . His prose feels like an ideal form of conversation." — The Washington PostA #1 Sunday Times BestsellerWhen Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge, he was a convicted thief, an addict, and a failed suicide, convinced that he would be expelled. Instead, university life offered him love and the chance to entertain. He ... Read more

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  • Wait for Me!

    Memoirs

    The autobiography of one of Britain's most beloved figures, last of the Mitford sisters, renowned writer and social figure.Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood of six daughters and one son that included the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote, when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Over a Hot Stove

    Life below stairs in Britain's great houses: the charming memoirs of a 1930s kitchen maid

    by Flo Wadlow ...
    This delightful memoir provides a unique 'Upstairs, Downstairs'account of what life was really like in a bygone era.At the age of sixteen, Flo Wadlow left her family to begin what would become a distinguished life 'in service'. Starting as a kitchen maid in London, she soon rose through the ranks and worked at many of England's great houses including Woodhall in Hilgay where she met scullery maid ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Sarah's Story

    The Duchess that Defied the House of Windsor

    Sarah's Story*The Duchess who Defied the Royal House of WindsorIT SEEMS that almost every week Sarah Ferguson - the Duchess of York, known to one and all as Fergie - makes headlines with her efforts to re-brand herself and explain her troubles. There are the weight-loss problems, the ongoing differences with the Royal Family and her financial difficulties. But how did it all start? It seemed like ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Real Life Downton Abbey

    How Life Was Really Lived in Stately Homes a Century Ago

    by Jacky Hyams ...
    Step back a hundred years to the world of the pampered, privileged upper classes and look inside Downton Abbey to find out exactly what goes on behind the magisterial doors of TV's favourite stately home. They were the super rich of their times, pampered beyond belief - the early 20th century Edwardian gentry, who lived like superstars, their every desire or need catered to by an army of butlers, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Way We Were

    Remembering Diana

    by Paul Burrell ...
    From the #1 New York Times– bestselling author of A Royal Day , an account of Princess Diana filled with "sincere, heartfelt reportage. . . . endearing" ( Publishers Weekly ).Paul Burrell served Diana, Princess of Wales, as her faithful butler from 1987 until her death in 1997. He was much more than an employee: he was her right-hand ma... ... Read more

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  • Elizabeth Jane Howard

    A Dangerous Innocence

    Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923-2014) wrote brilliant novels about what love can do to people, but in her own life the lasting relationship she sought so ardently always eluded her. She grew up yearning to be an actress; but when that ambition was thwarted by marriage and the war, she turned to fiction. Her first novel, The Beautiful Visit, won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize - she went on to write ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Odd Boy Out

    The hilarious and unforgettable Sunday Times bestselling autobiography

    The compelling, witty and remarkably honest autobiography from beloved star of Just a Minute, QI, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity GoggleboxTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Hilarious, ribald, eye-popping, unforgettable, will make you laugh out loud' DAILY MAIL'Warm, witty, charming. A moving and very affectionate family history. An enthusiast for life' THE TIM... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD