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D.B. John
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The United Kingdom
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The Girl With Seven Names
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2014
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Star of the North
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2018
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Flight From Berlin
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2012
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12 editions
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Red Star Down
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"Great dramatic story about the lifelong enmity and conflict between two Scottish brothers after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. James, the elder brother, is heir to the Durrisdeer estate and birthright Master of Ballantrae. However to preserve the es"
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"I loved this exciting global spy thriller set in 2017-18. The plot is brilliant and cleverly interwoven into real events, yet at the same time fast-moving, twisting and unexpected, with some great scenes. It’s a story that accelerates. The characters"
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"An excellent narrative history of the East India Company up to 1800 or so. Dalrymple is in command of his material, and an excellent storyteller. That said, this book is so good, and has rightly received so much praise, that I'm in the awkward positi"
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""I have always been fascinated by autocrats. Not because of the respect they command or the fear they spread, but because their vanity and their delusions tend to make them faintly ridiculous figures."
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| A really quite gripping account of the author's brush with a violent, public death. Utterly shocking, even if a part of him may long have expected it. ("It's you," he thought, as the assassin ran toward him at a crouch). Couldn't put this down. I'm a ...more | |
“His hair was fine and white, and cropped very short, like a lawn after an early frost.”
― Star of the North
― Star of the North
“No matter what someone’s race, age, gender, background, or creed, all humans know what it means to feel love, bereavement, guilt, regret, and so on—the experiences that shape character.”
― Star of the North
― Star of the North
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