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Charles Darwin - Victorian Mythmaker by A N Wilson
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Charles Darwin: the man who discovered evolution? The man who killed off God? Or a flawed man of his age, part genius, part ruthless careerist who would not acknowledge his debts to other thinkers?In this bold new life - the first single volume biography in twenty-five years - A. N. Wilson, the acclaime ...Show more
Charles Darwin - Victorian Mythmaker by A N Wilson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Darwin was described by his friend and champion, Thomas Huxley, as a 'symbol'. But what did he symbolize? In Wilson's portrait, both sympathetic and critical, Darwin was two men. On the one hand, he was a naturalist of genius, a patient and precise collector and curator who greatly expanded the possibil ...Show more
Lilibet: The Girl Who Would be Queen by A. N. Wilson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A celebration of HRH, Queen Elizabeth II: one of the most remarkable rulers of our age.
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A. N. Wilson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Biography
For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of those years was the love of her life, her trusted husband and father of their nine children, Prince Albert. But while Victoria is seen as the embodiment of her time, it was Princ ...Show more
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A. N. Wilson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Biography
In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince AlbertFor more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height of its power. Beside her for more than twenty of those years was the love of her life, her trus ...Show more
Prince Albert - The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A. N. Wilson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
The magnificent and definitive biography of Prince Albert, by one of Britain's best biographers and the author of Victoria: A Life.
Resolution by A. N. Wilson
$19.98 AUD
Category: General
A. N. Wilson's powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britain's period of expansion and exploration.Wilson's protagonist, witness to Cook's brilliance and wisdom, is George Forster, who travelled with Cook as botanist ...Show more
The King and the Christmas Tree - A Heartwarming Story and Beautiful Festive Gift for Young and Old Alike by A. N. Wilson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Christmas
From bestselling author A. N. Wilson, a Christmas delight: the little known story of the Christmas tree that stands in Trafalgar Square each December.
The Mystery of Charles Dickens by A. N. Wilson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A Book of the Year in The Times & Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Spectator, Irish Times and TLS.'Superb' Daily Mail, 'Book of the Week''Brilliant' The Times, 'Book of the Week''[A] vivid, detailed account' Guardian, 'Book of the Week''Hugely enjoyable' Daily Telegraph'Fascinating' SpectatorCharles Dicken ...Show more
The Mystery of Charles Dickens by A. N. Wilson
$15.00 AUD
Category: Literary Biographies
Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography A lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death. Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of ...Show more
The Mystery of Charles Dickens by A. N. Wilson
$39.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died. Although he specified an unpretentious funeral, it was ine ...Show more
The Queen by A. N. Wilson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Biographer and novelist A. N. Wilson, whose most recent work on the life of Queen Victoria was an enormous critical and commercial success, turns his clear eye to our own Queen, Elizabeth II, as she turns 90. In this unusual and vibrant examination of the life and times of Britain's most iconic living f ...Show more