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Authors, English 20th century Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women Grahame, Kenneth 1859-1932 Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901 Bibliography Large type books Princess, consort of Henry, Prince of Battenberg Beatrice 1857-1944 Princesses Great Britain Biography Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1819-1901 Family Sackville-West, V. (Victoria) 1892-1962Dennison, Matthew
Summary: "Inspired by the twenty-three "tales," Matthew Dennison takes a selection of quotations from Potter's stories and uses them to explore her multifaceted life and character: repressed Victorian daughter; thwarted lover; artistic genius; formidable country woman. This dramatic narrative charts her transformation from a young girl with a love of animals and fairy tales into a bestselling author and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POTTER, BEATRIX DENDennison, Matthew
Summary: "A moving biography of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children's classic The Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral life that inspired it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 GRAHAME, KENNETH DENDennison, Matthew.
Summary: "A dazzling new biography of Vita Sackville-West, the 20th century aristocrat, literary celebrity, devoted wife, famous lover of Virginia Woolf, recluse, and iconoclast who defied categorization. In this stunning new biography of Vita Sackville-West, Matthew Dennison traces the triumph and contradictions of Vita's extraordinary life. His narrative charts a fascinating course from Vita's lonely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SACKVILLE-WEST, VITA DENDennison, Matthew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2008