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The dancer upstairs / by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-(CARDINAL)739284;
Subjects: Political fiction.; Revolutionaries; Guerrillas;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Snowleg / by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-(CARDINAL)739284;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Romance fiction.; British; Children of immigrants; Fathers and sons; Dissenters;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Ian Fleming: the complete man / Nicholas Shakespeare. [sound recording] by Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-;
Read by Jonathan Keeble.fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographies.; Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964.; Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division--Officials and employees--Biography.; Authors, English--20th century--Biography.; Novelists, English--20th century--Biography.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Secrets of the sea / by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-(CARDINAL)739284;
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Romance fiction.; Husband and wife; Childlessness; Oyster culture; Shipwreck victims; Teenage boys; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Love triangles.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Six minutes in May : how Churchill unexpectedly became Prime Minister / by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-author.(CARDINAL)739284;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-481) and index."London, early May 1940: Britain is on the brink of war and Neville Chamberlain's government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking over at the helm, but in Six Minutes in May Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction. The first land battle of the war was fought in the far north, in Norway. It went disastrously for the Allies and many blamed Churchill. Yet weeks later he would rise to the most powerful post in the country, overtaking Chamberlain and the favourite to succeed him, Lord Halifax. It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare shows us both the dramatic action on the battlefield in Norway and the machinations and personal relationships in Westminster that led up to this crucial point. Uncovering fascinating new research and delving deep into the backgrounds of the key players, he has given us a new perspective on this critical moment in our history"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ian Fleming : the complete man / by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-author.(CARDINAL)739284;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-792) and index.Introduction -- Part One. Prologue ; 'Lairn to say no, laddie' ; Eve ; A stormy childhood ; Val ; Durnford ; Eton ; Sandhurst ; Kitzbühel ; Munich ; Geneva ; Reuters ; Moscow ; Berlin ; Glamour boy ; The collector ; A character sketch ; 'M' ; Mr. Secretan ; Room ; Uncle John ; 'The most unscrupulous man in Spain' ; 'Completely outwitted' ; Little Bill ; Big Bill ; Rodney Bond ; 'Special services' ; 30AU ; 'What a nuisance sex is!' ; Bill ; Globetrotter ; Drax's secrets ; Tambach ; The complete man -- Part Two. A puddle of mud ; Shamelady Hall ; The foreign manager ; 'K' ; Mercury ; The missing diplomats ; 'The shameful dream' ; Droopy ; Bunny ; 'Quite a step' ; Writing Bond ; A wedding ; 'Tell me that story again' ; Two births ; The Bond formula ; 'Bloody intellectuals' ; The fast car life ; 'That ass Bond' ; 'The greatest fiasco of all time' ; Leaderkins ; 'Ian's black wife' ; A hideous island ; 'Caviar for the general' ; A dinner ; The dark frontier ; 'Mink-coated incubus' ; McClory ; The black cloud ; The secrets of a man ; 'A regular skyscraper' ; Archaeological heap ; Howls of laughter ; Caspar ; Bond fever ; Ashes ; The final green ; Epilogues."A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was more mysterious and subtle than anything he wrote. Ian's childhood with his gifted brother Peter and his extraordinary mother set the pattern for his ambition to be "the complete man," and he would strive for the means to achieve this "completeness'"all his life. Only a thriller writer for his last twelve years, his dramatic personal life and impressive career in Naval Intelligence put him at the heart of critical moments in world history, while also providing rich inspiration for his fiction. Exceptionally well connected, and widely travelled, from the United States and Soviet Russia to his beloved Jamaica, Ian had access to the most powerful political figures at a time of profound change. Nicholas Shakespeare is one of the most gifted biographers working today. His talent for uncovering material that casts new light on his subjects is fully evident in this masterful, definitive biography. His unprecedented access to the Fleming archive and his nose for a story make this a fresh and eye-opening picture of the man and his famous creation."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964.; Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division; Authors, English;
Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 28
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In Tasmania / by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-(CARDINAL)739284;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-; Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Priscilla : the hidden life of an Englishwoman in wartime France. by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-(CARDINAL)739284;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Biographies.; Mais, Priscilla, 1916-1982.; Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-; Women; World War, 1939-1945; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Under the sun : the letters of Bruce Chatwin / by Chatwin, Bruce,1940-1989.(CARDINAL)713413; Chatwin, Elizabeth.(CARDINAL)502370; Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-(CARDINAL)739284;
Schooldays: 1948-58 -- Sotheby's: 1959-66 -- Edinburgh: 1966-8 -- The nomadic alternative: 1969-72 -- Sunday times: 1972-4 -- Gone to Patagonia: 1974-6 -- The viceroy of Ouidah: 1976-80 -- On the Black Hill: 1980-83 -- The songlines: 1983-5 -- China and India: 1985-6 -- Homer End: 1986-8 -- Oxford and France: 1988-9.A definitive collection of personal correspondence by the late author offers insight into his life and perspectives and includes letters written to family members and friends including Patrick Leigh Fermor, Paul Theroux, and Susan Sontag.
Subjects: Personal correspondence.; Chatwin, Bruce, 1940-1989; Authors, English;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Priscilla : the hidden life of an Englishwoman in wartime France / by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-author.(CARDINAL)739284;
Includes Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-423).When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of documents belonging to his late aunt, Priscilla, he was completely unaware of where this discovery would take him and what he would learn about her hidden past. The glamorous, mysterious figure he remembered from his childhood was very different from the morally ambiguous young woman who emerged from the trove of love letters, photographs, and journals, surrounded by suitors and living the dangerous existence of a British woman in a country controlled by the enemy. He had heard rumors that Priscilla had fought in the Resistance, but the truth turned out to be far more complicated. As he investigated his aunt's life, dark secrets emerged, and Nicholas discovered the answers to the questions over which he'd been puzzling: What caused the breakdown of Priscilla's marriage to a French aristocrat? Why had she been interned in a prisoner-of-war camp, and how had she escaped? And who was the "Otto" with whom she was having a relationship as Paris was liberated? Piecing together fragments of one woman's remarkable and tragic life, Priscilla is at once a stunning story of detection, a loving portrait of a flawed woman trying to survive in terrible times, and a spellbinding slice of history.
Subjects: Biographies.; Mais, Priscilla, 1916-1982.; Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-; Women; World War, 1939-1945; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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