The Great Dictator
the book everyone (from Nigella Lawson to Louis Theroux) can't stop talking about...
$60.03
- Hardcover
496 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2026
Summary
THE PERFECTLY OUTRAGEOUS BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN OF ROMANCE BARBARA CARTLAND
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
‘deliciously well written’ - Nigella Lawson ‘a comic gem of a biography’ - Craig Brown ‘Sweet writes with great wit and brio’ - Observer ‘Every page is a cliff-hanger’ - The Spectator ‘Fantastically enjoyable’ - Literary Review ‘Eye-popping’ - The London Standard ‘Outrageously entertaining’ - The Bookseller ‘wry, affectionate and v…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399715799 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399715798 |
| Author: | Matthew Sweet |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 761g |
| Dimensions: | 44mm x 160mm x 236mm |
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Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet is co-writer, with Mark Gatiss, of the TV detective series, Bookish. He is the author of Inventing the Victorians (2001), Shepperton Babylon (2005), The West End Front (2011) and Operation Chaos (2018). His novel, The New Forest Murders was published in 2025.
Matthew presents Free Thinking on BBC Radio 4. His 25 years of broadcasting include 12 years of Sound of Cinema (Radio 3), five series of The Philosophers Arms (Radio 4) and 1922: The Birth of Now, a ten-part history of modernism (Radio 4). He is a Public Humanities Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
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