Sybille Bedford was born in 1911 in Charlottenburg, Germany, the daughter of a German father and an English mother. She grew up in Italy, France and England. The account of her travels in Mexico A Visit to Don Otavio was her first published book in 1953, and she followed it with three novels, A Legacy (1956), A Favourite of the Gods (1963) and A Compass Error (1968). Her semi-autobiographical novel, Jigsaw, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989. Her memoir, Quicksands, was published in 2005. Sybille Bedford died in 2006.
7 Ebooks by Thomas Grant
Thomas Grant: Court Number One
A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR’Superbly told’ Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph’A hamper of treats’ Sunday Telegraph'[Grant employs] scholarship a …
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Sybille Bedford: Trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover
‘One of Britain’s most stylish and accomplished writers.’ — Telegraph When Penguin released a new, unexpurgated edition of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1960 they were charged with the …
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Thomas Grant & Thomas Schultz: Arbitration
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Arbitration is a legal dispute resolution mechanism, alternative to courts. It provides binding decisions, enforceable around the world. It is wh …
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Thomas Grant & Thomas Schultz: Arbitration
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Arbitration is a legal dispute resolution mechanism, alternative to courts. It provides binding decisions, enforceable around the world. It is wh …
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Thomas Grant: Mandela Brief
‘A forensic, riveting account of a wondrous and principled advocate’ Philippe Sands’Well-written, deeply researched and wholly gripping’ The Spectator’Meticulously researched’ The Times’Kentridge is …
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Thomas Grant: Olde English Bulldogge Training Guide Olde English Bulldogge Training Includes
This training guide is a truly unique and informative book which is full of reliable and time tested information – written for the admirers and owners of this wonderful breed. Easy-to-read and in-dep …
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Thomas Grant: Nuclear Arms Control in Peril
In this book, a former US Department of State senior arms control official critically analyses two pivotal nuclear arms control treaties: the established Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear We …
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