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50 British Artists You Should Know by Lucinda Hawksley
Category: Art and Design
This roll-call of British artists confirms the dominance and excellence of British art across five centuries, from Blake to Banksy, Turner to Tracey Emin.
Bitten by Witch Fever - Wallpaper Arsenic in the Victorian Home by Lucinda Hawksley
Category: Home and Garden
Beautiful to look at and compelling to read, Bitten by Witch Fever is a highly original and captivating volume that interleaves facsimile sections of alluring, arsenic-laden wallpapers with thought-provoking narrative, tracing the arresting story of the use and effects of the toxic pigments ingrained in ...Show more
Charles Dickens (Illustrated) by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Category: Biography
An illustrated guide to Charles Dickens and his works. It follows Dickens from early childhood, including his time spent as a child labourer, and looks at how he became the greatest celebrity of his age - and how he still remains recognized as one of England's greatest celebrities, even in the twenty-fi ...Show more
Charles Dickens: The Man, the novels, the Victorian Age by Lucinda Hawksley
Category: Biography
This biography, written by a direct descendant of Charles Dickens, is the definitive illustrated guide to the author and his work. Written by Charles Dickens' great-great-great granddaughter, this illustrated biography--with more than 20 images from his personal archive--delves deeply into the author's ...Show more
Charles Dickens and His Circle by Lucinda Hawksley
Category: Biography | Series: NPG Companions
'When I was at primary school, my teacher asked if any of us had heard of Charles Dickens. I was amazed she knew his name, because, until that moment, I had only known him as one of my ancestors.' -- Lucinda Hawksley Those who had known Charles Dickens as a child must have been astonished at his rise f ...Show more
Dickens' Artistic Daughter Katey by Lucinda Hawksley
Category: Biography
Katey Dickens was born into a house of turbulent celebrity and grew up surrounded by fascinating, famous, and infamous people. From a very young age, she knew her vocation was to be an artist. Lucinda Hawksley charts the life of a celebrated portrait painter, who redefines our preconceptions about Victo ...Show more
Dickens and Travel - The Start of Modern Travel Writing by Lucinda Hawksley
Category: Reference
From childhood, Charles Dickens was fascinated by tales from other countries and other cultures, and he longed to see the world. In Dickens and Travel, Lucinda Hawksley looks at the journeys made by the author - who is also her great great great grandfather.Although Dickens is usually perceived as a Lon ...Show more
Elizabeth Revealed - 500 Facts about the Queen and Her World by Lucinda Hawksley
Category: Biography
- A lively and affectionate celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's long and eventful life - Archive images and new photography combine to create a beautiful visual record of her reign - A fascinating glimpse into the private life of the monarchy - The wealth of information is presented in the successful, b ...Show more
Katey: The Artist Daughter Of Charles Dickens by LUCINDA HAWKSLEY
Category: Biography Memoir