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The definitive tale of redemption and the holiday spirit, Charles Dickens’ classic novel remains one of the most beloved stories in English literat...

On the 9th of June 1865, Charles Dickens was travelling aboard the Folkestone to London Boat Train with his mistress and her mother, when it derail...

'Christmas is the perfect time to share the magic of reading with your family and Scrooge's journey to redemption is still as thrilling, moving and...

`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 mome...

Marcia Williams first introduced a generation of children to the works of Charles Dickens through her masterful comic-strip retellings in Oliver Tw...

Marcia Williams first introduced a generation of children to the works of Charles Dickens through her masterful comic-strip retellings in Oliver Tw...

"Some people leave a deeper footprint in the sands of time than others. In these pages we have access to their particular stories and identities." ...

Celebrated children's writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad's Hill Place in the Kent marshes - home to Charles Dic...

A lavishly illustrated book to accompany the New York Public Library's exhibition of the priceless treasures in its archives Inside the walls of it...

'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times 'Delightful, eccentric, heartf...

The ideas and people who inspired and shaped the great Victorian cities, with all their energy, achievements and pride This is a history of the ide...

A delicious literary anthology all about food. With extracts from over 200 authors, it embraces fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even a smattering...

An era, beginning in the 1830s and ending with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, that saw the British Empire - the largest ever seen - dominate ...

Product Description This authoritative survey examines how the Victorian middle-classes perceived themselves, through analyses of the literatu...

Life Lessons from Literature is a must for all bibliophiles, providing a concise and highly accessible bucket list of must-read books that teaches ...

Review Humorous, moving and fascinating -- Clare Mackintosh I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She's beady eyed, big hearte...

Product Description A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life. With the publication of On the Origin...

Please note that the individual books listed below, as per their original ISBN and cover image, will be dispatched together as a collective set. T...

Charles Darwin's ideas about evolution caused both outrage and wonder, and quickly made him one of the most famous men in history. From his early d...

The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest so...

A festival of Indian folk rituals and costumes bursting with colour, captured by renowned photographer Charles Fr�ger, the creator of a distinctive...