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David Lough's book on Churchill begins serial in Daily Mail
12 Sep 2015
David Lough’s No More Champagne: Churchill and his Money begins its Daily Mail serial today http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3231410/Winston-spendaholic-teetered-brink-bankruptcy-saved-secret-backhanders-new-book-Chuchill-s-finances-reveals-spent-40-000-year-casinos-54-000-booze.html
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5* Daily Telegraph review for Stalin's Englishman
12 Sep 2015
The Daily Telegraph have given a 5* review to Stalin’s Englishman under the heading ‘An assured Life of the Cambridge spy overturns the view of him as a weak link’ …a comprehensive, fascinating and startlingly revisionist life. Far from being the joker in the pack, Lownie shows that Burgess was actually the ace in the hole…surely the definitive account of Burgess’s career as a spy, and a fully rounded biography, which is inevitably damning, but also necessarily sympathetic…Lownie’s treatment of his fiendishly complicated and revelatory material is assured, and he shapes his narrative brilliantly. Stalin’s Englishman is superb, more riveting than any spy novel.’
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Talk Europe interview on Stalin's Englishman
11 Sep 2015
Andrew Lownie’s interview on Guy Burgess for Talk Europe can be heard here www.talkradioeurope.com/clients/alownie.mp3
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Sins of the Mother no 7 this week
11 Sep 2015
Congratulations to Katy Weitz and Irene Kelly whose Sins of the Mother continues in the paperback non-fiction list - now at no 7,
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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.
