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When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for …

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The Penguin Complete Novels of Nancy Mitford

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A Month in the Country

In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a recently discover…

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A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the room in New York City's hottest and most in-demand restaurants.

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Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett & Montdore, #2)

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One of Nancy Mitford’s most beloved novels, Love in a Cold Climate is a sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of …

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The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion's legendary L.A. party for the publication of Tom Wolfe's The Elect…

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Before Valley of the Dolls and Sex and the City--the iconic novel of ambitious career girls in New York City

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Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters

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Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder -- especially with a pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. Wh…

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The Hours

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that became a motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare.

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The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets

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Busman's Honeymoon

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Jews Don't Count

Jews Don’t Count is a book for people on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight against homophobia, disablism, transphobia and, particularly, racism. People, possibly, like you.

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The Pursuit of Love (Radlett & Montdore, #1)

Few aristocratic English families of the twentieth century enjoyed the glamorous notoriety of the infamous Mitford sisters. Nancy Mitford's most famous novel, The Pursuit of Love satirizes British ari…

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The Astors (Dynasties Book 1)

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London, 1927: One house. Three lives. A decision that will change everything. A powerful, unique timeslip story, perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Miniaturist, and Lucinda Ril…

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The Real Diana: The revealing biography of The Princess of Wales by renowned royal commentator, Lady Colin Campbell

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Jessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic family. Her sisters included Nancy, doyenne of the 1920s London smart set and a noted novelist and biogra…

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