==Biography==
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{{newreview
|author=Vladimir Alexandrov
|title=The Black Russian
|rating=5
|genre=Biography
|summary=Until I read this book I had never come across the story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, 'the Black Russian', before. It is a remarkable tale of rags to riches, tragedy, success against the odds and subsequent failure.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781855196</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Lucy Moore
|summary=Already known for major biographies of Nicholas and Alexandra, and of Peter the Great, Massie has now written an equally full and absorbing life of the late eighteenth-century reigning Empress.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0679456724</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Tim Ewart
|title=The Treasures of Queen Elizabeth
|rating=3.5
|genre=Biography
|summary=Tim Ewart is Royal Correspondent for ITV News, which must be one of the perfect starting points for writing a biography of the Queen as she celebrates her diamond jubilee. She's only the second British monarch to achieve this landmark - the other being Queen Victoria. After sixty years on the throne - and eighty six in public life - there's not much which isn't known about the Queen and few pictures which haven't previously seen the light of day, but Ewart's book is marked out by the inclusion of memorabilia which will have a freshness for many readers.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780970064</amazonuk>
}}