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Stalin's Englishman reviewed in Independent
10 Sep 2015
A lovely review in the Independent of Stalin’s Englishman ‘As one of this country’s foremost literary agents, Andrew Lownie certainly knows what makes a good book, and in Stalin’s Englishman, he has delivered one of his own, many times over. This life – or, as his neat subtitle has it, "lives" – of Guy Burgess commands authority from page 1….The pace is brisk; the account of Burgess’s school days is, in its way, as absorbing as the pile-up of events surrounding his defection. The old ways of biography can still be the best.,,,a distinguished biography .’ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/stalins-englishman-by-andrew-lownie-book-review-even-the-soviets-didnt-trust-guy-burgess-10494188.html
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First review for Stalin's Englishman
10 Sep 2015
The Guardian have reviewed Stalin’s English sayng ‘Is there anything significant left to say about members of the Cambridge spy ring, Moscow Centre’s “magnificent five”? The answer, judging by this book, is a resounding yes…Stalin’s Englishman tells the reader as much about the culture of a British elite in the 1930s, during the war and immediate postwar years, as about spying. .. Lownie has made a convincing case, demonstrating that even now the story of the Cambridge spy ring can continue to shock.’ The full review can be found http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/10/stalins-englishman-lives-guy-burgess-andrew-lownie-review
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In Search of Guy Burgess
09 Sep 2015
Andrew Lownie has written a short article on researching his Guy Burgess biography, to be published tomorrow, for the Hodder website http://hforhistory.tumblr.com/post/128635253439/the-author-of-stalins-englishman-andrew-lownie A longer article will follow later. More details will be found by following @guyburgessbook
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Praise for Roger Crowley's Conquerors
08 Sep 2015
Congratulations to Roger Crowley whose Conquerors: How Portugal Seized the Indian Ocean and Forged the First Global Empire was chosen as one of the ‘top ten history titles this autumn’ in this weekend’s Sunday Times. BBC History Magazine have called it ‘Fast-paced and vivid narrative…a fascinating account of the rise of an empire.’
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Books Ireland reviews Rickshaw
07 Sep 2015
There’s a terrific review of David McGrath’s debut novel Rickshaw in the latest issue of Books Ireland magazine:
‘A hilarious, poignant and razor-sharp debut, set in the underbelly of London’s West End, as the hero pedals frantically with the past always hot on his heels.’
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Atoms Under the Floorboards in the Daily Mirror
07 Sep 2015
The Daily Mirror carried a big feature on Chris Woodford’s Atoms Under the Floorboards last week.
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Louis XV1 biography to Yale
06 Sep 2015
Yale have bought John Hardman’s major new life of Louis XV1.
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Disobeying Hitler covered in Sunday Express
06 Sep 2015
Randell Hansen’s Disobeying Hitler has write up in Sunday Express
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Stalin's Englishman names Sixth Man
06 Sep 2015
Andrew Lownie, whose Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess is published on Thursday , names a new Russian spy in today’s Mail on Sunday
The book now has its own Twitter account (@guyburgessbook) and Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stalins-Englishman/1112583928771142
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Sins of the Mother is number 6 in paperback non-fiction bestseller list
06 Sep 2015
Congratulations to Irene Kelly and Katy Weitz whose Sins of the Mother is no 6 in this week’s paperback non-fiction list.
The book would be number 1 in the Sunday Times chart if they were running their normal weekly chart. But because the sales figures come through a day late after a bank holiday, they don’t get the information in time to meet their print deadline. So they run an out of date four week chart instead (it will be based on four weeks sales up to 22 August which is outside period book has been published).
