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A History of England in 100 Places: From Stonehenge to the Gherkin by John Julius Norwich
35.00 NZD
Category: History
From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of England through one hundred key places you can still visit today. Part narrative history, part ex ...Show more
An English Christmas by John Julius Norwich
28.00 NZD
Category: Anthology/essay
'If I could work my will,' said Scrooge indignantly, 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.' This year go carol-singing in the Cotswolds with Laurie Lee or attend church with a grumpy Sam ...Show more
Cities That Shaped the Ancient World by John Julius Norwich (ed.)
65.00 NZD
Category: History
Great cities marked the earliest development of civilization. From the worlds first true cities, in Mesopotamia, to the spectacular urban centres of the Maya in Central America, the places described here represent almost three millennia of human history, society and culture. Arranged geographically into ...Show more
Darling Monster - The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to Her Son John Julius Norwich 1939-1952 by Diana Cooper; John Julius Norwich (ed.)
65.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
'Please, darling monster, write as often as you can. It's so sad waiting for letters that don't come and are not even written. I love my darling boy. Don't treat me so badly again or I'll have your lights and liver when I get home.' 19 November 1939 Lady Diana Cooper was an aristocrat, society darling, ...Show more
Duff Cooper Diaries by John Julius Norwich
36.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Now in paperback, the highly revealing diaries of the politician, diplomat, and socialite.Duff Cooper was a first-rate witness of just about every significant event from 1914 to 1950. His diary includes some magnificent set pieces - as a young soldier at the end of WWI, as a politician during the Genera ...Show more
France A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle by John Julius Norwich
55.00 NZD
Category: History
I can still feel, as if it were yesterday, the excitement of my first Channel crossing (as a child of nearly 7) in September 1936; the regiment of porters, smelling asphyxiatingly of garlic in their blue-green blousons; the raucous sound all around me of spoken French; the immense fields of Normandy str ...Show more
The Illustrated Christmas Cracker by John Julius Norwich
25.00 NZD
Category: Humour
For over forty years, John Julius Norwich has been sending out his Christmas Crackers - a personal collection of quirky quotes and literary odds and ends - to his friends instead of a Christmas card. In The Illustrated Christmas Cracker Quentin Blake has made his own selection of favourite pieces and ha ...Show more
The Popes: A History by Viscount John Julius Norwich
30.00 NZD
Category: History
"John Julius Norwich examines the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter (traditionally - but by no means historically - the first Pope) to the present. Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others ...Show more
The Twelve Days of Christmas by John Julius Norwich
25.00 NZD
Category: Christmas
My dearest darling- That partridge, in that lovely little pear tree! What an enchanting, romantic, poetic present! Bless you and thank you. Your deeply loving Emily Everyone knows the 'Twelve days of Christmas', but not as rewritten by John Julius Norwich in this delightful correspondence, which records ...Show more
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