Peter Quennell

20 books

The London Underworld in the Victorian Period: Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes by Henry Mayhew

The London Underworld in the Victorian Period: Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes

Henry Mayhew

416 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative slow-paced
Mayhew's London by Peter Quennell, Henry Mayhew

Mayhew's London

Peter Quennell, Henry Mayhew

592 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history travel funny lighthearted medium-paced
Byron - The Years of Fame by Peter Quennell

Byron - The Years of Fame

Peter Quennell

324 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography literary slow-paced
Colosseum by Peter Quennell

Colosseum

Peter Quennell

missing page info • first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Colosseum by Peter Quennell

The Colosseum

Peter Quennell

172 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
The Faber Book of Modern Stories by Elizabeth Bowen
The Faber Book of Modern Stories
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Elizabeth Bowen

The Faber Book of Modern Stories

Elizabeth Bowen

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

Four Portraits: Boswell, Sterne, Gibbon, And Wilkes by Peter Quennell

Four Portraits: Boswell, Sterne, Gibbon, And Wilkes

Peter Quennell

missing page info • first pub 1947 (editions)

biography history reference informative medium-paced
A History Of English Literature by Peter Quennell

A History Of English Literature

Peter Quennell

512 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction history reference challenging informative medium-paced
The Marble Foot by Peter Quennell

The Marble Foot

Peter Quennell

254 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

emotional reflective medium-paced
Marcel Proust 1871-1922: A Centennial Volume by Elizabeth Bowen, Peter Quennell, Anthony Powell, B.G. Rogers, Philip Kolb, Sherban Sidery, Pamela Hansford Johnson

Marcel Proust 1871-1922: A Centennial Volume

Elizabeth Bowen, Peter Quennell, Anthony Powell, B.G. Rogers, Philip Kolb, Sherban Sidery, Pamela Hansford Johnson

216 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging emotional informative medium-paced