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FORUM: P.J. Marshall is concerned about who reads what and who cares.

• Authors : Marshall, P. J.

Subjects: *BOOKS; *BOOK sales & pricesUNITED Kingdom

• Source: History Today. Jan84, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p3. 2p. 1 Black and White Photograph.

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Trial of the century: when Penguin Books was acquitted of obscenity for publishing Lady Chatterley's Lover, a door was kicked open to the social revolution of the 1960s. On the 50th anniversary of the trial, Geoffrey Robertson discusses the impact of a defining moment in modern legal history

• Authors : Robertson, Geoffrey

• Source: History Today. Nov, 2010, Vol. 60 Issue 11, p41, 4 p.

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A very personal possession: Eamon Duffy tells how a careful study of surviving medieval Books of Hours can tell us much about the spiritual and temporal life of their owners and much more besides

• Authors : Duffy, Eamon

• Source: History Today. Nov, 2006, Vol. 56 Issue 11, p12, 7 p.

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Arms and the manuscripts: the king's illustrated books

• Authors : Backhouse, Jane

• Source: History Today. June, 1991, Vol. 41, p43, 5 p.

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Dedication is What You Need: Seemingly inconsequential, dedicating books to royalty was a vital part of Tudor publishing.

• Authors : Schutte, Valerie

Subjects: TUDOR Period, Great Britain, 1485-1603; ENGLISH literature; LITERARY criticismUNITED KingdomHENRY VIII, King of England, 1491-1547

• Source: History Today; Feb2018, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p14-16, 3p

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The Boy Stood on the Learning Deck.

• Authors : Lee, Christopher

Subjects: *HISTORY; *VOYAGES & travels; *BOOKSUNITED Kingdom

• Source: History Today. Sep2004, Vol. 54 Issue 9, p62-63. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

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Christmas gifts: books and films for the lover of the past

• Source: History Today. Dec, 2007, Vol. 57 Issue 12, p66, 2 p.

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Topics that change history: these days every other history book seems to be called 'the person/journey/discovery/product that changed the world'. How new are they? How much do these books really tell us? Peter Clifford tried to find out

• Authors : Clifford, Peter

• Source: History Today. May, 2003, Vol. 53 Issue 5, p68, 2 p.

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Devotions & delights: the illuminated books of Gothic England

• Authors : Backhouse, Janet

• Source: History Today. Nov, 1987, Vol. 37 Issue 11, p25, 7 p. photograph

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Mighty Lewd Books.

• Authors : Peakman, Julie

Subjects: PORNOGRAPHY; BOOK industry; READING interests of womenUNITED KingdomMEMOIRS of a Woman of Pleasure (Book)...

• Source: History Today; Dec2012, Vol. 62 Issue 12, p45-47, 3p

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