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John Van der Kiste has had a passion for books ever since he learned to read, rarely has his nose out of one, has even written a few of his own, and works in a library. He lives on the edge of Dartmoor, and likes history, biography, music and cats.
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 431 total.
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A
- The A-Z of Victorian Crime by Neil R A Bell, Trevor N Bond, Kate Clarke and M W Oldridge
- The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle by Russell Miller
- Agatha Christie: An English Mystery by Laura Thompson
- Alastair Sim: The Star of Scrooge and the Belles of St Trinian's by Mark Simpson
- Alfred Hitchcock by Peter Ackroyd
- America's Mistress: The Life and Times of Eartha Kitt by John L Williams
- Amy Winehouse: A Losing Game by Mick O'Shea
- Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop by Marc Myers
- The Anglo-Saxons in 100 Facts by Martin Wall
- Anna Amalia, Grand Duchess: Patron of Goethe and Schiller by Frances A Gerard
- Anne's Song by Anne Nolan
- Anonymity by John Mullan
- Aphra Behn: A Secret Life by Janet Todd
- Arbella Stuart: The Uncrowned Queen by Jill Armitage
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!: A World without World War I by Richard Ned Lebow
- Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV by Joe Moran
- Arthur and the Kings of Britain: The Historical Truth Behind the Myths by Miles Russell
- Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Devon: A Complete Tour Guide and Companion by Brian W Pugh, Paul R Spiring and Sadru Bhanji
- The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior by Paul Strathern
- Aside Arthur Conan Doyle: Twenty Original Tales By Bertram Fletcher Robinson by Paul R Spiring (Editor)
- The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Murder That Changed the World by Greg King and Sue Woolmans
- The Autobiography by Johnnie Walker
B
- The Bard: Robert Burns - a biography by Robert Crawford
- Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts by Jools Holland
- The Beauty and the Sorrow: An intimate history of the first world war by Peter Englund
- The Beauty of Her Age: A Tale of Sex, Scandal and Money in Victorian England by Jenifer Roberts
- Becoming Queen by Kate Williams
- Bedlam: London and Its Mad by Catharine Arnold
- Bertie: A Life of Edward VII by Jane Ridley
- Birthright: The True Story That Inspired Kidnapped by A.Roger Ekirch
- Black by Design: A 2-tone Memoir by Pauline Black
- The Black Prince by Michael Jones
- The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de' Medici by Catherine Fletcher
- The Black Russian by Vladimir Alexandrov
- Black Vinyl, White Powder by Simon Napier-Bell
- Blazing Star: The Life and Times of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester by Alexander Larman
- Bobbles & Plum: Four Satirical Playlets by Bertram Fletcher Robinson and PG Wodehouse by Paul R Spiring (Editor)
- The Bolter by Frances Osborne
- Bounder!: The Biography of Terry-Thomas by Graham McCann
- Boy About Town by Tony Fletcher
- Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry by David Robertson and Bill Breen
- Bristol Murders by Nicola Sly
- The British Phonebox by Nigel Linge and Andy Sutton
- Byron's Women by Alexander Larman
C
- Calamities and Catastrophes: The Ten Absolutely Worst Years in History by Derek Wilson
- Capital Crimes: Seven centuries of London life and murder by Max Decharne
- Capital Punishment: London's Places of Execution by Robert Bard
- Captivated: J.M. Barrie, the Du Mauriers and the Dark Side of Neverland by Piers Dudgeon
- The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future by Robert Darnton
- Catherine of Aragon: An Intimate Life of Henry VIII's True Wife by Amy Licence
- Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K Massie
- The Cello Suites: In Search of a Baroque Masterpiece by Eric Siblin
- Cemetery Gates: Saints and Survivors of the Heavy Metal Scene by Mick O'Shea
- Charles Brandon: Henry VIII's Closest Friend by Steven Gunn
- Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin
- Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor by Simon Callow
- Charlie Chaplin by Peter Ackroyd
- Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life by Lyndall Gordon
- Cheek by Jowl: A History of Neighbours by Emily Cockayne
- Cher: Strong Enough by Josiah Howard
- Chopin's Funeral by Benita Eisler
- Climbing the Bookshelves: The Autobiography of Shirley Williams by Shirley Williams
- Close to Holmes: A Look at the Connections Between Historical London, Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Alistair Duncan
- Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes by Ferdinand Mount
- Collect Autographs: An Illustrated Guide to Collecting and Investing in Autographs by Fraser's Autographs
- The Colosseum by Keith Hopkins and Mary Beard
- A Concise History of Russia by Paul Bushkovitch
- The Countess: The Scandalous Life of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey by Tim Clarke
- Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry by Gareth Murphy
- The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge
- Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Delightful Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics by Karl Shaw
- A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert 'Believe It or Not' Ripley by Neal Thompson
D
- Daisy: The Lives and Loves of the Countess of Warwick by Sushila Anand
- Damn His Blood: Being a True and Detailed History of the Most Barbarous and Inhumane Murder at Oddingley and the Quick and Awful Retribution by Peter Moore
- Dancing to the Precipice : Lucie De La Tour Du Pin and the French Revolution by Caroline Moorehead
- Darling Monster: The Letters of Lady Diana Cooper to her Son John Julius Norwich 1939-1952 by Diana Cooper
- Dawn French: The Unauthorized Biography by Alison Bowyer
- Dear Fatty by Dawn French
- Death and the Virgin: Elizabeth, Dudley and the Mysterious Fate of Amy Robsart by Chris Skidmore
- Delta Blues by Ted Gioia
- The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation by Roy Hattersley
- Diaghilev: A Life by Sjeng Scheijen
- Diaries Volume 1 by Christopher Isherwood
- Dickens's Women: His Life and Loves by Anne Isba
- Dickens: A Memoir of Middle Age by Peter Ackroyd
- Dinner with Churchill: The Prime Minister's Tabletop Diplomacy by Cita Stelzer
- Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France by Stephen Clarke
- The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story by Catherine Fletcher
- Do You Mr Jones?: Bob Dylan with the Poets and Professors by Neil Corcoran
- Dorset Murders (True Crime History) by Nicola Sly
- Dragons: Ten Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain by Liam Byrne
E
- The Early Loves of Anne Boleyn by Josephine Wilkinson
- Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson
- Edgelands by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts
- Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee
- Edward II: The Unconventional King by Kathryn Warner
- Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville: A True Romance by Amy Licence
- Edward IV: Glorious Son of York by Jeffrey James
- Edwardian Murder: Ightham & the Morpeth Train Robbery by Diane Janes
- The Eighties: One Day, One Decade by Dylan Jones
- Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport
- Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop by Peter Doggett
- Elizabeth's Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester by Nicola Tallis
- Elizabeth's Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen by Tracy Borman
- Elvis Has Left the Building: The Day the King Died by Dylan Jones
- Eminent Elizabethans by Piers Brendon
- Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen
- Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British by Jeremy Paxman
- Enemies of Books by William Blades, Randolph G. Adams, Bagher Bachchha (Editor)
- The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroft
- The English Civil War in 100 Facts by Andrew Lacey
- Escape to Provence by Maureen Emerson
- Events, Dear Boy, Events: A Political Diary of Britain from Woolf to Campbell by Ruth Winstone (editor)
- Everyday Life in Tudor London: Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn by Stephen Porter
F
- The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death in the Sixteenth Century by Joel F Harrington
- The Family of Richard III by Michael Hicks
- Family Romance by John Lanchester
- The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy by Tim Pat Coogan
- The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King by Ian Mortimer
- Fifty Years In The Fiction Factory: The Working Life Of Herbert Allingham by Julia Jones
- The First Atlantic Liner: Brunel's Great Western Steamship by Helen Doe
- The First Bohemians: Life and Art in London's Golden Age by Vic Gatrell
- First Class: A History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps by Chris West
- For Honour and Fame: Chivalry in England 1066-1500 by Nigel Saul
- Forgotten History: Unbelievable Moments from the Past by Jem Duducu
- Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses by Helen Rappaport
- The Fourth Part of the World: The Epic Story of History's Greatest Map by Toby Lester
- Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life by Spencer Leigh
- Frost: That Was The Life That Was: The Authorised Biography by Neil Hegarty
G
- G Engleheart Pinxit 1805: A year in the life of George Engleheart by John Webley
- Gallipoli by Peter Hart
- Gandhi: Naked Ambition by Jad Adams
- George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door by Graeme Thomson
- Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan: His Life and Character by Andrew Crowther
- Girl in a Green Gown: The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait by Carola Hicks
- God's Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England by Jessie Childs
- Grace: Her Lives - Her Loves: The startling royal exposé by Robert Lacey
- The Grand Tour: Letters and photographs from the British Empire expedition by Agatha Christie and Mathew Prichard (editor)
- Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2010 by Stanley Gibbons
- Great Britain's Great War by Jeremy Paxman
- Great British Eccentrics by S D Tucker
- The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852 by Ciaran O Murchadha
- The Great Silence: 1918-1920 Living in the Shadow of the Great War by Juliet Nicolson
- The Great War: The People's Story by Isobel Charman
- Greta and Cecil by Diana Souhami
- Grumpy Old Rock Star by Rick Wakeman
H
- The Hacienda: How Not To Run A Club by Peter Hook
- Hammered: Heavy tales from the hard rock highway by Kirk Blows
- Hancox by Charlotte Moore
- Handel: The Man and His Music by Jonathan Keates
- The Happy Passion: A Personal View of Jacob Bronowski by Anthony James
- Harold: The King Who Fell at Hastings by Peter Rex
- Heaven And Hell: My Life in the Eagles, 1974 - 2001 by Don Felder
- Hemingway's Boat: Everything he loved in life, and lost, 1934-1961 by Paul Hendrickson
- Henrietta Maria by Dominic Pearce
- Henry III: The Son of Magna Carta by Matthew Lewis
- Henry V: The Life of the Warrior King & the Battle of Agincourt by Teresa Cole
- Henry's Demons: Living with Schizophrenia. a Father and Son's Story by Patrick Cockburn and Henry Cockburn
- Heroines of the Medieval World by Sharon Bennett Connolly
- High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain by Simon Heffer
- A History of England in 100 Places: From Stonehenge to the Gherkin by John Julius Norwich
- A History of English Food by Clarissa Dickson Wright
- A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr
- A History of Victorian Postage by Gerard Cheshire
- History's People: Personalities and the Past by Margaret MacMillan
- Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life by Timothy W Ryback
- Hockney: The Biography, Volume 1, 1937-1975 by Christopher Simon Sykes
- The Holy Fox: The Life of Lord Halifax by Andrew Roberts
- Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades by Jonathan Phillips
- A House Full of Daughters by Juliet Nicolson
- The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown by Nathen Amin
- How Music Got Free: The Inventor, the Music Man, and the Thief by Stephen Witt
- How to Deal in Antiques by Fiona Shoop
- How to Research Local History by Pamela Brooks
I
- I & I: The Natural Mystics by Colin Grant
- I Me Mine by George Harrison
- I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons
- Ian Dury: The Definitive Biography by Will Birch
- Idle Thoughts on Jerome K Jerome: A 150th Anniversary Celebration by Jeremy Nicholas
- The Immortal Dinner: A famous evening of genius and laughter in literary London, 1817 by Penelope Hughes-Hallett
- Immortal Longings: F.W.H. Myers and the Victorian Search for Life After Death by Trevor Hamilton
- In Glorious Technicolor: A Century of Film and How it has Shaped Us by Francine Stock
- In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon
- In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea by Danny Goldberg
- In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII: The visitor's companion to the palaces, castles & houses associated with Henry VIII's iconic queens by S Morris and N Grueninger
- In the Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett by Tony Fletcher
- In The Seventies: Adventures in the Counterculture by Barry Miles
- Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England by Sarah Wise
- Into The Frame: The Four Loves of Ford Madox Brown by Angela Thirlwell
- Invisible Pleasures by R Pollard
- Ireland: The Struggle for Power: From the Dark Ages to the Jacobites by Jeffrey James
- Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen by Kathryn Warner
- The Isle of Man: Portrait of a Nation by John Grimson