PG Wodehouse

by Sophie Ratcliffe (editor)

The book, according to the author

Biographically, he’s very interesting. He desperately wanted to live a quiet life and get on with writing, but for complicated reasons became swept up in some of the most dramatic events of the century.

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PG Wodehouse

by Sophie Ratcliffe (editor)

The book, according to the author

Our most recommended books

The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives by Plutarch

Atticus by Cornelius Nepos & Nicholas Horsfall

Agricola by Harold Mattingly, James Rives & Tacitus

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers Diogenes Laertius (ed. James Miller, trans. Pamela Mensch)

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

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The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives
by Plutarch

Atticus
by Cornelius Nepos & Nicholas Horsfall

Agricola
by Harold Mattingly, James Rives & Tacitus

Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laertius (ed. James Miller, trans. Pamela Mensch)

King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig

I, Claudius
by Robert Graves