books about: british

books about: british

books:

British

Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire (Modern Library Paperbacks)

Amanda Foreman

Modern Library, 2001

A Modern Woman In The Eighteenth Century
Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was born in the eighteenth century and died in the early nineteenth century, but her life was very modern in many ways. She was an open activist at a time when women were supposed to stay behind the scenes, a bold ...

Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man

Dalton Fury

St. Martin's Press, 2008

An exceptional, superb, first hand account by the team leader of US Army Special Forces Detachment Delta
It is rare that readers are provided a first hand, accurate, contemporary, non politically constrained account of a major special operation by US Army Special Forces Detachment Delta. Many organizations claim the title, "special operations;" it takes more than a ...

The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British

Sarah Lyall

W. W. Norton, 2008

A Fond But Caustic (And Hilarious) Look At The British
Sarah Lyall is an American journalist married to a British journalist. The Anglo Files is part memoir, part traveler's advisory, part hate mail, and part love affair. If that seems like a lot to pack into a 263 page book not including index, it would be in the hands ...

Things Fall Apart: A Novel

Chinua Achebe

Anchor, 1994

What makes fiction important
I know this is the classic debate of all time when it comes to literature: Is it about beautifully written prose (THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, incidentally, is a good example of this problem) or does it tell a compelling story? (yet the prose itself is not its strong ...

The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

Jennet Conant

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Trading Rumors, Secrets, Access, Influence, and Loyalties
During World War II, Britain dispatched many presentable young men to argue its case to America, to pick up insights, to grab secrets that could be used, and to influence American decisions. Where several books have emphasized the spymaster behind these efforts, ...

A Most Wanted Man

John le Carre

Scribner, 2008

The Nuances of the Spying Game
I have always wanted to be spy or a spook in the spying game vernacular. After reading John Le Carre's first novel, 'A Call For The Dead' and meeting George Smiley, I imagined myself in a trench coat hiding in corners. I then went on to read every book written by John ...

The Private Patient
P.D. James

Knopf, 2008

Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. When investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn arrived there one late autumn afternoon, scheduled to have a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar removed, she had every expectation of a successful operation ...

World Without End

Ken Follett

Dutton Adult, 2007

Why did it have to end? Great book!
Having read "The Pillars of the Earth" earlier this year, I didn't wait long to pick up this volume. The first three hundred pages were very reminiscent of the first book, but then it came into its own. Contrary to the few reviewers on this site who panned the book ...

The Beach House

Jane Green

Viking Adult, 2008

First Book I have read by this author
I love this book, it is the first book i have read by this author and it makes me laugh, cry and everything in between. Very good book and makes me think ALOT

The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah's Book Club)

Ken Follett

NAL Trade, 2007

Enticing novel indeed
When I finally came to the conclusion that I was to read the Pillars of the Earth for my summer reading, I was rather skeptical that a near thousand page book, dealing with the construction of a cathedral could keep me inspired enough to read it. I was ineffably ...

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Sophie Kinsella

Dell, 2003

I LOVE THIS AUTHOR
I AM SO ADDICTED TO THIS SERIES OF BOOKS... I love her humor, I can relate to her main characters lives in all of her books.. I can't wait until she comes out with new books I'm always pre-order. TOTALLY ADDICTIVE.. even though I am not a shopaholic I get so pulled ...

Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare

Washington Square Press, 2003

If you want to read Shakespeare its has to be The new folger Library
If you ever thought about reading Shakespeare but was turned off or intimidated by the old english, not so with the new folger editions. Your basically reading the play on all the right sided pages , with the left pages reserved for all the definitions and explanations ...

The Boleyn Inheritance (Boleyn)

Philippa Gregory

Touchstone Books, 2007

Wonderful
Great and human writing showing this time in history. I read it again and again.

Atonement

Ian McEwan

Anchor, 2007

Fascinating reading
I liked this book so much, especially with the movie adaptation. As is often the case, the psychological insight of the original book was invigorating to read. It is hard to see that some of us found the story less to their liking. In comparison with some ...

Careless in Red: A Novel

Elizabeth George

Harper, 2008

One of Her Best
Since others have outlined the plot I won't go into detail on that. Suffice it to say the stricken Thomas Lynley, mourning the loss of his murdered wife, has set off on a long walk intended to help him sort out his grief. When he discovers the body of a dead youth he ...