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JULIA BAIRD Victoria the Queen: An intimate biography of the woman who changed the world. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress

JULIA BAIRD Victoria the Queen: An intimate biography of the woman who changed the world. Reviewed by Bernard Whimpress

by NRB | 18 Apr 2017 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

This immensely satisfying biography of Queen Victoria humanises its subject. The final words of Julia’s Baird’s biography of 493 pages are ‘Victoria endured’. Victoria endured to the age of 81 years when the average life span of her subjects was 46 and only one in 20...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on The Runner

The Godfather: Peter Corris on The Runner

by NRB | 10 Feb 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 4 comments

I’m not ashamed of any of the books I’ve written, although I am more proud of some than others. But there is a book I would have liked to write but won’t. I have in my head a story about a professional foot-runner in late 19th-century Australia: Paddy Mahony,...
             

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