Paula Byrne nasceu na Inglaterra em 1967 e estudou na Universidade de Liverpool. É autora de várias biografias, como “Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead” (2009) e “Kick: The True Story of JFK”s Forgotten Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth” (2016). Seu primeiro livro, “Jane Austen and the Theatre” (2002), foi relançado sob o título de “The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre and Why She Works in Hollywood” (2017).
16 Ebooks por Paula Byrne
Paula Byrne: Real Jane Austen
Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne’s landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books.Few a …
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€8.99
Paula Byrne: Perdita
Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late 18th-century England.One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson’s life was marked by r …
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€11.99
Paula Byrne: Mad World
A terrifically engaging and original biography about one of England’s greatest novelists, and the glamorous, eccentric, debauched and ultimately tragic family that provided him with the most signific …
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€8.99
Paula Byrne: Belle
The inspiration behind the powerful new film starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, this is the story of Dido Belle, whose adoption by an aristocratic family challenged the convent …
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€8.99
Paula Byrne: Kick
The remarkable life of the vivacious, clever – and forgotten – Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history.The favourite child of Joe Kennedy and …
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€7.79
Jonathan Bate & Paula Byrne: Stressed, Unstressed
Can you be re-lit by poetry? This little book offers everyone one of the oldest of all remedies for stress: the reading of poetry.Intended to help you endure some of your stressful moments and painfu …
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€7.79
Paula Byrne: Genius of Jane Austen
A radical look at Jane Austen As you’ve never seen her – as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britain’s favourite novelist 200 years after her death …
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€6.99
Paula Byrne: Look to Your Wife
A debut novel by a bestselling non-fiction author, this is a witty, wholly entrancing story of the pleasures, pains and obsessions of contemporary life. Lisa Blaize – teacher, and would-be fashion wr …
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€7.79
Paula Byrne: Real Jane Austen
“A vivacious portrait. . . . Byrne’s Austen emerges as a worldly woman, profoundly enmeshed in a wider world than she’s often acknowledged to occupy. This is an Austen with a sense for the poli …
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€30.50
Paula Byrne: Kick
The acclaimed biography of the unconventional, nearly forgotten Kennedy sister who charmed the world and broke with her family for love.Rose and Joe Kennedy’s children were the embodiment of ambitiou …
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€23.19
Paula Byrne: Genius of Jane Austen
Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this updated edition of Paula Byrne’s debut book includes new material that explores the history of Austen stage adaptations, why her books work so well on screen, an …
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€23.15
Paula Byrne: Blonde Venus
‘Hollywood, we’re reminded, is after all a through-the-looking glass world, and Byrne writes authoritatively about its illusions and obscene, glittering excess … Compelling’ Daily Mail’Both eye-pop …
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€6.29
Paula Byrne: Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym
‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPERPicked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Observer A Radio 4 Book of the Week, April 2021Barba …
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€12.99
Paula Byrne: A verdadeira Jane Austen: Uma biografia íntima
Esse volume nos fornece o retrato mais íntimo e revelador disponível sobre a romancista Jane Austen (1775-1817). Em cada capítulo, a renomada biógrafa britânica Paula Byrne explora objetos de alguma …
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€6.99
Paula Byrne: Hardy Women
A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER’He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all’Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-read B …
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€21.76