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|author=Jenifer Roberts

|title=The Beauty of Her Age: A Tale of Sex, Scandal and Money in Victorian England

|rating=4.5

|genre=Biography

|summary= The name of Yolande Stephens (nee Duvernay) is not that well-known in the annals of Victorian England, but behind it lies an enthralling rags-to-riches saga. How did a young girl born into poverty in Paris become one of the most celebrated ballerinas of her time in England, and after that one of the richest women in the country, with a fortune on her death which rivalled that of Queen Victoria?

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445653206</amazonuk>

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|author=Gordon Stevens

|summary= According to the 19th century historian Thomas Carlyle, 'the history of the world is but the biography of great men'. Historian Margaret McMillan acknowledges in her introduction to this volume, based on a series of recent lectures, that there is a long-standing debate in history over whether events are moved either by individuals or by economic and social changes or technological and scientific advances, and suggests that there is no right or wrong answer.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781255121</amazonuk>

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~~|author=David P Colley~~

~~|title=Seeing the War: The Stories Behind the Famous Photographs from World War II~~

~~|rating=4~~

~~|genre=History~~

|summary=As anybody could tell, a still photograph is only part of the truth, if that. There is a beforehand we don't see, and an after we can only fantasise about unless we know otherwise. Take the famous image of wartime grunts pushing the flag pole upright – an icon of the War in the Pacific for the US soldiers, and the films made about Iwo Jima since. But other images of the war have been just as long-lasting, and the people in the photos don't always have movies made of their full story arc. This book is a collection of the images, and a corrective to that narrative lack, giving much more of a full biography with which to pay tribute.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1611687268</amazonuk>~~

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