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1) Resolution
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A. N. Wilson's powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britain's period of expansion and exploration. Wilson's protagonist, witness to Cook's brilliance and wisdom, is George Forster, who travelled with Cook as botanist on board the HMS Resolution, on Cook's second expedition to the southern hemisphere, and penned a famous account of the journey. Resolution moves...
Author
Series
The lampitt chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Sinclair-Stevenson
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
18) Dante in love
Author
Publisher
Atlantic
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In 'Dante In Love', Wilson presents a study on an artist and his world, arguing that without an understanding of medieval Florence, it is impossible to comprehend the meaning of 'The Divine Comedy'. It also lays bear the enigma of the man who never wrote about the mother of his children, yet imortalized the mysterious Beatrice.
19) The Queen
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Biographer and novelist A.N. Wilson, whose most recent work on the life of Queen Victoria was an enormous critical and commercial success, turns his clear eye to our own Queen, Elizabeth II, as she turns 90. In this unusual and vibrant examination of the life and times of Britain's most iconic living figure, Wilson considers the history of the monarchy, drawing a line between Victoria, the murder of the Romanovs, and the bloody history of Europe in...