Books: What to Know
Real Lives, Explained
The plot, the people, the point and the ending — then the Boovie film, where there is one.
The library
6,448 lives & letters
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Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry
Etienne-Léon baron de Lamothe-Langon · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Complete
Charlotte-Elisabeth duchesse d' Orléans · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 01
Charlotte-Elisabeth duchesse d' Orléans · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 02
Charlotte-Elisabeth duchesse d' Orléans · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 03
Charlotte-Elisabeth duchesse d' Orléans · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency — Volume 04
Charlotte-Elisabeth duchesse d' Orléans · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Complete
Mme. Campan · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 1
Mme. Campan · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 2
Mme. Campan · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 3
Mme. Campan · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 4
Mme. Campan · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 5
Mme. Campan · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 6
Mme. Campan · biography
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 7
Mme. Campan · biography
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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Complete
Mme. Du Hausset · biography
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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 1
Mme. Du Hausset · biography
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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 2
Mme. Du Hausset · biography
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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 3
Mme. Du Hausset · biography
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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 4
Mme. Du Hausset · biography
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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 5
Mme. Du Hausset · biography
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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 6
Mme. Du Hausset · biography
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Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 7
Mme. Du Hausset · biography
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Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8
William Walker · biography
The story in one page
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1831-1835
A high-stakes diary of European diplomacy, featuring an aging Prince, a clever Duchess, and the constant threat of iron-lined carriages.
Dorothée duchesse de Dino · biography
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Memoirs of the Empress Catherine II.
Empress of Russia Catherine II · biography
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Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 1 of 2
Madame de Rémusat · biography
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Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. 2 of 2
Madame de Rémusat · biography
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Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp
John Shipp · biography
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Memoirs of the Generals, Commodores and other Commanders, who distinguished themselves in the American army and navy during the wars of the Revolution and 1812, and who were presented with medals by Congress for their gallant services
Thomas Wyatt · biography
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Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
A. T. Mrs. Thomson · biography
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Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume III.
A. T. Mrs. Thomson · biography
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Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in conversations with her physician, vol. 1 (of 3)
Hester Lady Stanhope · biography
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Memoirs of the Late War, Vol 1 (of 2)
John Henry Sir Cooke · biography
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Memoirs of the Late War, Vol 2 (of 2)
John Henry Sir Cooke · biography
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Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L.
Henry Reeve · biography
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Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti
Samuel Marsden · biography
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Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse, LLD. F.R.S., late president of the American Philosophical Society, &c.
William Barton · biography
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1 (of 10)
J. G. Lockhart · biography
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)
J. G. Lockhart · biography
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10)
J. G. Lockhart · biography
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 (of 10)
J. G. Lockhart · biography
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Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01
Thomas Moore · play
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Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02
Thomas Moore · play
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Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. I)
Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases · biography
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Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. II)
Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases · biography
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Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. III)
Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases · biography
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Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. IV)
Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases · biography
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Memoirs of the Marchioness of Pompadour (vol. 1 of 2)
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson marquise de Pompadour · biography