News
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Richard Branson praises Bobby Friedman
14 Apr 2015
‘Read a very good book recently called Democracy Ltd by Bobby Friedman. He has investigated the funding of UK political parties and how money and donations have changed the landscape of British politics. Bobby is an excellent writer who manages to make what could be a very dense subject into a riveting page-turner.’ Richard Branson
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Word Drops on Independent's i100 list
14 Apr 2015
Publicity is building for Paul Anthony Jones’ new book Word Drops - the i100 website from The Independent has listed their favourite facts from the book here.
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Terrific review for Piu Eatwell
14 Apr 2015
There’s a great review of Piu Eatwell’s The Dead Duke… in the latest edition of All About History.
"We can’t recommend this title enough… reminiscent of sitting through a wonderfully vivid lecture by someone well-informed and excited to discuss the subject."
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April newsletter is out now
14 Apr 2015
The latest agency newsletter is available online now:
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Andrew Lownie remains the world's top-selling literary agent
13 Apr 2015
According to Publishers Marketplace, Andrew Lownie remains the top selling agent in the world, the top agent for UK non-fiction, and second in the world for history and politics.
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Manuel Arriaga in Longplayer Letters
13 Apr 2015
The next exchange in the Longplayer letters, from poet and novelist John Burnside to academic, political theorist and author of Rebooting Democracy: A Citizen’s Guide to Reinventing Politics, Manuel Arriaga, is now available to read and comment on here.
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Lots of coverage for Patrick Delaforce
10 Apr 2015
There’s been lots of coverage for Patrick Delaforce’s latest military history book, Onslaught on Hitler’s Rhine, including the following from the Sunday Mail and Brighton and Hove Independent.
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Lee Trimble on Smart Talk
10 Apr 2015
Lee Trimble appeared on Smart Talk yesterday, promoting Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot’s Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front. The interview is now available online here.
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Jessie Childs' God's Traitors wins the 2015 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for history
10 Apr 2015
The 2015 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for history, has been awarded to Jessie Childs for God’s Traitors, published by Bodley Head. The annual prize, worth £2,000, celebrates the best non-fiction on a historical subject in any period up to the Second World War. It was judged this year by Tom Holland, who won the prize in 2004 for Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic; David Horspool, history editor of the TLS; and Ruth Scurr, lecturer in history and politics at Cambridge University.
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The Last Days of Mary Queen of Scots on tonight at 8pm
09 Apr 2015
The Last Days of Mary Queen of Scots, featuring Linda Porter as a contributor, will be on Channel Five tonight at 8pm.
