Biography Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Biography category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/24.html Methuen 1905: dark blue cloth hardcover: 268 pages. Condition : End papers discoloured; with minute ownership inscription to front free. overall very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw001003026.html Chatto and Windus 1980, first edition: maroon cloth hardcover in dust jacket: 474 pages including index. Synopsis: A collection of diary extracts written by Veljko Micunovic,Yugoslavian Ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Premiership of Nikita Khrushchev in the years following 1956 , painting a comprehensive picture of Russia and Russian affairs . Veljko Micunovic records the world shaking events of this period, with informed insight into Soviet domestic and foreign policy , sometimes noting intimate and unflattering anecdotes about the relationships, conversations, and decisions of the leading political figures in Moscow, while recording the Soviet invasion of Hungary; the launching of the first sputnik; the execution of Imre Nagy; the Russian view of the Suez crisis; and details of the cordial relations between Russia and China. The author's friendship with Nikita Khrushchev, his fascination with the Russian leader's personality, and the respect and liking he received in return, afforded an intimate and privileged view of life inside the Kremlin, with diary entries recorded in straightforward, storytelling style. Condition: ex -reference library with one small impressed stamp to half title page : ownership inscrition: dust jacket entire but stressed , with edge repairs and ink inscription to lower front flap : cover and contents very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0701124695.html 214 pages biography showing the woman behind the political image of the iron lady . Price corner removed otherwise as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0383989696.html ex-library book with front free end paper missing-, and small withdrawn stamps: immaculate contents: clean and good overall. : immediate availability http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0701139765.html The Bodley Head, 1974: first edition hardcover in dust jacket: 256 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations. Synopsis: A lively and detailed examination of the complicated life of Maundy Gregory, Publisher of the Whitehall Gazette, Owner of the Ambassador Club ( frequented by the Prince of Wales), and central mover and fixer of a web of intrigue and financial corruption connected to the sale of knighthoods and other political shenanigans flourishing during the latter term of the Prime Minister, Lloyd George. Condition very clean and good overall. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0370013735.html Aurum Press 1997 : first edition blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: dust jacket: 346 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations. Synopsis: A detailed biography of Ludvic 11, the beautiful, tragic, and emotionally starved King of Bavaria whose architectural achievements and artistic interests and collections were as notable as his political legacy, as he launched Bavaria into two wars, and together with Bismarck created the German Second Reich. His troubled life, increasing unhappiness and sudden unexplained death conclude this sympathetic biography, the product of the author, Greg King's six years research which includes much new material and 16 pages of photographs and drawings. Condition: small scratches to front cover: very clean and good overall http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1854104640.html Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2000: 1st U. S. edition: black cloth hardcover with silver lettering to spine: dust jacket: 406 pages including index: black and white illustrations and maps included. Synopsis: a comprehensive and detailed biography based on extensive historical and family research. Contents: Book 1: Born a Soldier 1725-1756: Burial at Dusk. Rebel without a cause. Coromandel. Dupleix. The return of the French. Arcot. The chase. The siege of Trichinopoly. The fall of Dupleix. Clive superstar. Book 2: Emperor, 1756-1764: Bengal. The Black Hole. To the Hugli. The Battle of Calcutta. The Deceivers. Plassey. TheNawab's Baubles . Emperor of Bengal. The First Couple. The Innocent. Book 3: Statesman, 1764-1771. The Cesspit. Statesman at last. The Plutocrat. Typhoon. Book 4: The Fall, 1771- 1774. The Last Battle. The legacy. Bibliography. Index Condition dust jacket upper edge slightly rubbed : overall very clean and good: hardcover and contents very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0312265697.html Harrap; 1932 first edition hard back ; blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine; 279 pages including index; black and white illustrations. Synopsis : The story of an illegitimate peasant child who became mistress to the weary, ageing Louis XV, restoring his confidence and vigour. Condition: page edges and front end papers foxed ; overall very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw0010020090.html Chapman and Hall 1960: first edition: black cloth hardcover with silver lettering to spine: 323 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations: plans of Adelaide to end papers. Synopsis: A biography of William Light, 1786 -- 1839 , who in 1837 began the process of founding Adelaide, in Australia: inspite of being in poor health, and supported only by inexperienced surveyors, drunken labourers and the barest minimum of transport. Condition: no dust jacket:ownership inscriptions: bookplate to half title page: overall very clean and good: immediate availability http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw0019876832.html Synopsis: Mary Potter is recognized as one of the foremost British women painters of her time. This book traces her career from the Beckenham School of Art and the Slade, through to her early involvement with the New English Arts Club and the Seven and Five, going on to explore her continental wanderings and her marriage in the 1920s, the war years and the burgeoning of her career after her move to Suffolk. The book, written by Potter's son, uses his own memories of his mother, the memories of Potter's surviving friends and the diaries of Potter's husband Stephen.Comments: Paper back edition with ink inscription on first page. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1840142081.html Bloomsbury 2005: first edition, hard cover in dust jacket: 607 pages including index: Black and white and some colour photographic illustrations. Condition: dust jacket unclipped: very clean and good overall http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0747577986.html J. M. Dent and Sons , London , 1925 ; Everyman's Library no 452: orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine: yellow dust jacket decorated with black. 302 pages including index. Contents: Part 1 :Warren Hastings' birth and childhood; Hastings sails for India : Progress of the East India Company: Capture of Madras 1746; Hastings in Calcutta 1750; Suraj- ad-daula marches on Calcutta; Hastings imprisoned: his release, relationship with Clive; Hastings' marriage; 1757 his duties as Resident at Murshidabad. The battle of Panipat: Hastings becomes a member of Council. Part2: Hastings in England: his son;s death; Hastings acquaintance with Johnson; He is made Second in Council at Madras, and returns there: His duties; Hastings installed as governor of Fort William 1772: His Foreign Policy. Part 3: The Regulating Act of 1773: The new Supreme Court: Arrival of Judges and Councillors: Hastings' Scheme of Subsidiary Alliances; He marries the Baroness Imhoff; The Governor Generals trials and tribulations/ triumphs and sucess. Condition: dust cover aged but whole; slight fading to cover: contents very clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw166.html Macmillan 1963, first edition green cloth hardcover: dust jacket: 484 pages: black and white photographic illustrations. Included with the book is a collection of newspaper cuttings including an article published in The Times on Monday January 29th 1973 by Dr A L Rowse entitled "Revealed at last , Shakespeare's dark Lady " in which he claims to have had discovered the identity of Shakespeare's mistress; the answering articles by A. L. Rowse and Michael Ratcliffe questioning and assessing his claims ; an article by Dr A L Rowse entitled " The reception of my Shakespeare" published in The Times on the 17th of January 1984 in which he responds to the criticism of his book; a letter concerning the same subject published on the fourth of September 1963 by J. Dover Wilson; an article published on the same day by Ivor Brown ; a critical essay on the work of Dr A. L. Rowse by Stanley Wells published in the Sunday Times on September 8, 1989: a letter from Mr Ivor Cook on the same subject published in The Times on 7th November 1969; and an article published in The Times on April 24th 1976 entitled" How the Bard found his way into the scriptures through a piece of secret writing " by Bishop Mark Hodson. Synopsis: a biography written by Dr A L Rowse, prominent Elizabethan historian, published on the eve of Shakespeare's quarter centenary, examining the problems of Shakespeare's life and work. The author claimed to have solved the problem of the sonnets; to have discovered the date and occasion of the first performance of a Midsummer Night's Dream; to have provided the missing clue to Love's Labours Lost; to have thrown new light on the context of Romeo and Juliet; and to have illuminated the history and political plays by the light of the events of the time. Condition dust jacket edges worn and with small repairs: the occasional fox mark to front endpaper and page edging: the occasion pencilled note: contents very clean and good: overall good and collectable http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw001294321.html Constable 1973, first edition:hard cover in dust jacket: 304 pages. Condition: small repairs to upper edge dust jacket : violet cloth hardcover and contents very clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0094578303.html