Anne De Courcy's Reading List

The biographer and journalist, whose latest book is “The Husband Hunters,” avoids thrillers: “I get all the mayhem I want in the newspapers.”

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By the Book: Anne De Courcy (2018)

NYT By the Book column (2018-08-09).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy

David Cannadine · Buy on Amazon

"For a brilliant run-down, try David Cannadine's The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy."

The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham

Selina Hastings · Buy on Amazon

"Selina Hastings's The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham is an example."

Bertie: A Life of Edward VII

Jane Ridley · Buy on Amazon

"I loved Jane Ridley's Bertie, a wonderful biography of Edward VII, which was impeccably researched, highly entertaining and brilliantly envisioned."

Six Minutes in May

Nicholas Shakespeare · Buy on Amazon

"Another that really captured me was Nicholas Shakespeare's Six Minutes in May, the story of how Churchill became Prime Minister in 1940 — although one knew what was going to happen, it was a real page-turner."

Catherine the Great and Potemkin

Simon Sebag Montefiore · Buy on Amazon

"I loved Simon Sebag Montefiore's Catherine the Great and Potemkin."

The Secret History

Donna Tartt · Buy on Amazon

"I loved Donna Tartt's The Secret History."

For All the Tea in China

Sarah Rose · Buy on Amazon

"For All the Tea in China, by Sarah Rose, is a fascinating account of how tea came to India in the 19th century, with stories of stolen seedlings, a merchant disguised as a mandarin."

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