Library home. Books by Claire Tomalin

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INVISIBLE WOMAN, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3467 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Ralphs, Margaret
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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NCR Non-fiction Award. Portrait of Nellie Ternan, the secret mistress of Charles Dickens;

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JANE AUSTEN: A Life

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4958 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Dives, Grace
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Art, Music & Literature
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The author's study of family papers enables her to paint a rich picture of Jane Austen describing a different view of the novelist than that previously known.

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LIFE AND DEATH OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7105 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Hall, Shirley
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Historical to 1945
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Truly courageous and radical, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial women of her day. She wrote a treatise on the rights of women, and lived in France during the revolution. She never gave up her radical views or her belief that honesty and courage would triumph over convention.

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MRS JORDAN'S PROFESSION

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4137 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Race, Steve
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Historical to 1945
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Fascinating account of the life of Dora Jordan, actress & consort of King William IV.

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SAMUEL PEPYS

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6180 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 17.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Race, Steve
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Historical to 1945
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The 2003 winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Prize, this is a magnificent and readable biography of Samuel Pepys.

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THOMAS HARDY: THE TIME TORN MAN

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7534 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
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\pause{1500}Reader: Dives, Grace
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Art, Music & Literature
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Tomalin provides great insight into the thoughts and emotions of Thomas Hardy the great English poet and novelist who is portrayed as a man of great contradictions.

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