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The Wise Virgin

Medievalist Giles Fox, twice widowed and blinded, pursues his dowdy research assistant, Louise Agar, while his daughter, Tibba, appears about to be seduced by libertine schoolboy Pier Peverill

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670775286, titled "Wise Virgin" | Viking Pr, November 1, 1983, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Medievalist Giles Fox, twice widowed and blinded, pursues his dowdy research assistant, Louise Agar, while his daughter, Tibba, appears about to be seduced by libertine schoolboy Pier Peverill

9780436576089, titled "Wise Virgin" | Wm Collins & Sons & Co, November 1, 1982, cover price $19.95

Paperback:

9780140066616, titled "Wise Virgin" | Viking Pr, October 1, 1984, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Medievalist Giles Fox, twice widowed and blinded, pursues his dowdy research assistant, Louise Agar, while his daughter, Tibba, appears about to be seduced by libertine schoolboy Pier Peverill

9780890873618 | Celestial Arts, April 1, 1983, cover price $9.95

The Life of John Milton

Traces the life of the 17th century English poet, John Milton, depicts the development of his literary career, and examines his religious and political beliefs

By A. N. Wilson

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9780192117762 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 1, 1983, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Traces the life of the 17th century English poet, John Milton, depicts the development of his literary career, and examines his religious and political beliefs

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9780192814739 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 9, 1984, cover price $14.95

Who Was Oswald Fish?

When Fanny Williams, a successful boutique owner, tries to buy an abandoned church to use as a warehouse, she learns that its architect was Oswald Fish, who has played an unsuspected role in her life

By A. N. Wilson

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9780436576065 | David & Charles, April 1, 1983, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When Fanny Williams, a successful boutique owner, tries to buy an abandoned church to use as a warehouse, she learns that its architect was Oswald Fish, who has played an unsuspected role in her life

Paperback:

9780140062120 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, May 1, 1988), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: When Fanny Williams, a successful boutique owner, tries to buy an abandoned church to use as a warehouse, she learns that its architect was Oswald Fish, who has played an unsuspected role in her life

Scandal or Priscilla's Kindness

The protagonists in a sex scandal that reaches to the heights of the British government are boorish Derek Blore, a rising British politician, Bernadette, a lovable prostitute, and Blore's saintly but indiscreet wife

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670620074, titled "Scandal, Or, Priscilla's Kindness" | Viking Pr, October 1, 1984, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The protagonists in a sex scandal that reaches to the heights of the British government are boorish Derek Blore, a rising British politician, Bernadette, a lovable prostitute, and Blore's saintly but indiscrete wife

Paperback:

9780140069976 | Viking Pr, November 1, 1985, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: The protagonists in a sex scandal that reaches to the heights of the British government are boorish Derek Blore, a rising British politician, Bernadette, a lovable prostitute, and Blore's saintly but indiscreet wife

Gentlemen in England: A Vision

This tragicomedy of missed connections and people too well-mannered to speak about what is in their hearts revolves around the upper-middle class Nettleship family

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670809714 | Viking Pr, February 1, 1986, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: This tragicomedy of missed connections and people too well-mannered to speak about what is in their hearts revolves around the upper-middle class Nettleship family

Paperback:

9780140087215 | Penguin USA, February 1, 1989, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: This tragicomedy of missed connections and people too well-mannered to speak about what is in their hearts revolves around the upper-middle class Nettleship family

Essays by Divers Hands: Being the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, New Series

By A. N. Wilson (editor)

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9780851154572 | Boydell & Brewer Inc, December 1, 1986, cover price $21.00

Love Unknown

The lives of a trio of women, Monica, Linda, and Richeldis, who in their youth shared a bachelorette flat, become entangled when Richeldis's husband Simon begins an affair with Monica

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670817580 | Viking Pr, May 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The lives of a trio of women, Monica, Linda, and Richeldis, who in their youth shared a bachelorette flat, become entangled when Richeldis's husband Simon begins an affair with Monica

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9780140101904 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, May 1, 1988), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The lives of a trio of women, Monica, Linda, and Richeldis, who in their youth shared a bachelorette flat, become entangled when Richeldis's husband Simon begins an affair with Monica

The Healing Art

Pamela Cowper must deal with life and confront death after being diagnosed as having cancer

By A. N. Wilson

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9780140061222 | Penguin USA, May 1, 1988, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Pamela Cowper must deal with life and confront death after being diagnosed as having cancer

Tolstoy

The award-winning author of God's Funeral explores the contradictions and improbabilities of the renowned novelist's character, using new close readings in Russian of much of his work and reexamining the historical context in which it was produced. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393025859 | W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 1988, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Explores the contradictions and improbabilities of the reknowned novelist's character, using new close readings in Russian of much of his work and reexamining the historical context in which it was produced

Paperback:

9780393321227 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, March 1, 2001), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The award-winning author of God's Funeral explores the contradictions and improbabilities of the renowned novelist's character, using new close readings in Russian of much of his work and reexamining the historical context in which it was produced.

9780449904497 | Reprint edition (Columbine Trade, September 1, 1989), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: In "Tolstoy", accomplished novelist and biographer A.

Landscape in France

A collection of idyllic photographs demonstrate the diversity of the French landscape

By Charlie Waite and A. N. Wilson

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9780312020934 | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, November 1, 1988), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A collection of idyllic photographs demonstrate the diversity of the French landscape

Incline Our Hearts

A World War II orphan, raised by his aunt and uncle in an English village, comes of age with many childhood notions changed by his schooling and his army service

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670823581 | Viking Pr, December 1, 1988, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A World War II orphan raised by his aunt and uncle in an English village comes of age with many childhood notions changed by his schooling and his army service

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9780140113372 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, June 1, 1990), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A World War II orphan, raised by his aunt and uncle in an English village, comes of age with many childhood notions changed by his schooling and his army service

Penfriends from Porlock: Essays and Reviews, 1977-1986

Product Description: 1991

By A. N. Wilson

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9780449904701 | Fawcett Books, February 1, 1991, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: 1991

9780393332094, titled "Penfriends from Porlock: Essays and Reviews 1977-1986" | W W Norton & Co Inc, December 30, 1988, cover price $21.95

Penfriends from Porlock

From a noted biographer and essayist comes a collection of writing on diverse people and places, from the romantic poets to T.V. journalists, and from Cicil Beaton to Henry James

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393026474 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1989, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: From a noted biographer and essayist comes a collection of writing on diverse people and places, from the romantic poets to T.

The Sweets of Pimlico

Evelyn Tradescant, a lonely young woman, becomes fascinated with Theo Gormann, an old man with a mysterious past

By A. N. Wilson

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9780140066975 | Penguin USA, February 1, 1989, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Evelyn Tradescant, a lonely young woman, becomes fascinated with Theo Gormann, an old man with a mysterious past

Tabitha

Tabitha, a kitten, explores in and around her new home and learns as much as she can about the benevolent two-footers who feed her; her friend Doris, a guinea pig; and her mysterious father Pufftail, a wise, scarred stray

By Sarah Fox-Davies and A. N. Wilson

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9780531058138 | 1st americ edition (Orchard Books, April 1, 1989), cover price $14.95 | also contains Standard Paper-bag Cookery | About this edition: Five episodes in the lives of Pufftail, father of many cats, his favorite daughter Tabitha the gray tabby, and the other cats of their neighborhood.

School and Library:

9780531084137 | Orchard Books, April 1, 1989, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Five episodes in the lives of Pufftail, father of many cats, his favorite daughter Tabitha the gray tabby, and the other cats of their neighborhood.

The Laird of Abbotsford: A View of Sir Walter Scott

Product Description: Examining all of Scott's best-known books as well as many less familiar works, this critical biography offers a lively and provocative reassessment of the writer who was often considered "the greatest single imaginative genius of the nineteenth century...read more

By A. N. Wilson

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9780192825889 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, June 1, 1989), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Examining all of Scott's best-known books as well as many less familiar works, this critical biography offers a lively and provocative reassessment of the writer who was often considered "the greatest single imaginative genius of the nineteenth century.

C.S. Lewis: A Biography

Product Description: "An accomplished biography...Wilson is a very clever, fluent, and engaging writer, with many of the traits that he attributes to his subject: a 'constantly intelligent conversational quality,' 'a flair for the quick, sharp character sketch, and a 'bedrock of common sense...read more

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393028133 | W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 1990, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the personal struggle for wisdom of renowned inspirational and children's book writer C.

Paperback:

9780449906095 | Reprint edition (Fawcett Books, August 1, 1991), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: "An accomplished biography.

Prayers, Poems, Meditations

Product Description: books

By John Henry Cardinal Newman and A. N. Wilson (contributor)

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9780824510046 | Crossroad Pub Co, May 1, 1990, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: books

Eminent Victorians

Recounts the lives of Prince Albert, Charlotte Bronte, William Ewart Gladstone, Cardinal Newman, Josephine Butler, and Julia Margaret Cameron, and describes their role in defining the Victorian era

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393028485 | W W Norton & Co Inc, July 1, 1990, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Recounts the lives of Prince Albert, Charlotte Bronte, William Ewart Gladstone, Cardinal Newman, Josephine Butler, and Julia Margaret Cameron, and describes their role in defining the Victorian era

A Bottle in the Smoke

Product Description: Julian embarks on a career as an aspiring actor and novelist, supporting himself as a bartender in a seedy pub frequented by other bohemians in London of the 1950s. Through an old school friend, Julian meets Anne and they fall in love. However, things do not go smoothly.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670832217 | Viking Pr, August 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Aspiring writer Julian Ramsay finds his happy life threatened when his literary nemesis, Raphael Hunter, offers to help smooth Julian's way into an elite literary circle and then has an affair with Julian's wife

Paperback:

9780140131659 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, August 1, 1991), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Julian embarks on a career as an aspiring actor and novelist, supporting himself as a bartender in a seedy pub frequented by other bohemians in London of the 1950s.

Gentlemen in England

Product Description: In this Victorian comedy, Horace, a volcano expert and an atheist, and his wife, Charlotte, have not spoken in 15 years. Their lovely daughter is possibly tubercular, and their son has decided to become a Catholic priest. A deft and amusing tale of love and marriage.

By Michael Barnes (contributor) and A. N. Wilson

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781850897125 | Unabridged edition (Isis Audio, November 1, 1990), cover price $99.95 | About this edition: In this Victorian comedy, Horace, a volcano expert and an atheist, and his wife, Charlotte, have not spoken in 15 years.

C.s.lewis: A Biography

Charts the progress of Lewis from Ulster to Oxford. This book describes Lewis' conversion to Christianity, the Oxford circle of his friends and the basis of his writing. The author also looks at Lewis' personal life exploring his relationship with Janie Moore and his later marriage.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780006544289 | New edition (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, May 23, 1991), cover price $16.05 | About this edition: Charts the progress of Lewis from Ulster to Oxford.

How Can We Know?

Reexamines Christian beliefs, looks at the religious writings of Tolstoy, and discusses the Sermon on the Mount, the Last Supper, and the search for truth

By A. N. Wilson

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9780385419604 | Reprint edition (Image Books, August 1, 1991), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Reexamines Christian beliefs, looks at the religious writings of Tolstoy, and discusses the Sermon on the Mount, the Last Supper, and the search for truth

Against Religion

Product Description: Book by A.N. WILSON

By A. N. Wilson

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9780701138042 | Chatto & Windus, January 1, 1992, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Book by A.

Daughters of Albion

Product Description: Julian left the army and embarked on a career as an aspiring actor and sometime novelist, supporting himself as a bartender in a seedy pub frequented by other bohemians in London in the 1950s. It is through his job that Julian meets Anne and a friendship develops.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670839599 | Viking Pr, January 1, 1992, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Follows the evolution of a writer's career as Julian Ramsay lands a job at a provocative magazine and meets a bizarre genius who soon gets him into trouble

Paperback:

9780140175097 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, September 1, 1993), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Julian left the army and embarked on a career as an aspiring actor and sometime novelist, supporting himself as a bartender in a seedy pub frequented by other bohemians in London in the 1950s.

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