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  7th July 2015

  A Very Private Celebrity: The Nine Lives of John Freeman

  John Freeman was one of Britain’s most extraordinary public figures for over half a century: a renaissance man who constantly reinvented himself; a household name... more »

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  7th July 2015

  Hugh Purcell’s A VERY PRIVATE CELEBRITY: THE NINE LIVES OF JOHN FREEMAN published today

  Hugh Purcell’s extraordinary biography of John Freeman is published by Biteback Publishing (The Robson Press) today! A VERY PRIVATE CELEBRITY: THE NINE LIVES OF JOHN... more »

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  16th October 2014

  The Last Victorians: A Daring Reassessment of Four Twentieth Century Eccentrics

  ‘We of this age behold with amazement the sweep and range of the great Victorians.’ Morning Post, May 1921 Ever since the publication of Lytton... more »

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  16th October 2014

  Muckraker: The Scandalous Life and Times of W.T. Stead: Britain’s First Investigative Journalist

  Winner of the Political Book Awards 2013 Best Political Biography. The era of sensational tabloid journalism began in Britain in the summer of 1885 when... more »