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|author= Susan Higginbotham
|title= Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower
|rating=4
|genre=Biography
|summary= The fate of Margaret Pole, who as the cover says has a good claim to the title of 'the last Plantagenet', was a sorry one. As a close relation of the Yorkists and the Tudors at a time of upheaval, her life was overshadowed by the executions of several of her family – and ultimately leading to her own, largely it seems, for the 'crime' of being who she was.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445635941</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Barbara Fox
|summary=Some twenty years ago David Cornwell, better known as novelist John le Carré, told a couple of would-be writers about him that he did not believe in 'authorised' biographies or critiques. Adam Sisman, who has since then been granted exclusive access to the man and his private archive, can therefore consider himself a lucky man.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408827921</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Catherine Hewitt
|title= The Mistress of Paris
|rating= 4
|genre= Biography
|summary= Born into poverty, no-one could have guessed that the girl who would one day be known as Valtesse de la Bigne would have achieved greatness. This is the tale of her rise to wealth and power – starting in a dress shop as a thirteen year old, but fast becoming a courtesan who would be fought over by some of the greatest men of her time. A woman who kept an air of mystery about many details of her life, Catherine Hewitt nevertheless paints an incredible story around the gaps, and this proves to be both a full and intriguing biography, and a fascinating portrait of the time period.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848319266</amazonuk>
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