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The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency Ltd, founded in 1988, is one of the UK's leading boutique literary agencies with some two hundred non-fiction authors.
It prides itself on its personal attention to its clients and specialises both in launching new writers and taking established writers to a new level of recognition.
According to Publishers Marketplace, Andrew Lownie has regularly been the top selling agent in the world . He has also three times been shortlisted for ‘Agent of the Year’ at the British Bookseller Awards.
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The Night Bobby Kennedy killed Marilyn Monroe
Genre:
Biography & Memoirs
BOMBSHELL
Author:
Mike Rothmiller, Douglas Thompson
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It is based on secret police files, the actress’s diary, and interviews including an astonishing confession from actor Peter Lawford - the Kennedys’ brother-in-law who was there on the night she died.
Marilyn, her diary reveals, was enraged that the Kennedys were treating her “like a whore” and was threatening to spill the beans.
Was she killed to silence her and save the country’s political royalty from embarrassment?
The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power 1898-1918
Genre:
History
THE BERLIN-BAGHDAD EXPRESS
Author:
Sean McMeekin
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A history book on World War I as exciting as an adventure book. It explores the link between the Nazis and pan-Islamism in the Middle East by... train: The Berlin-Baghdad Express, the extraordinary railway that would link Central Europe and the Persian Gulf.
McMeekin investigates one of the big, previously unresearched subjects of World War I: the German bid for world power - and the destruction of the British Empire - through the harnessing of the Ottoman Empire.
A Fragmented Memoir
Genre:
Biography & Memoirs
BETTER BROKEN THAN NEW
Author:
Lisa St Aubin de Terán
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After a successful career as an award-winning novelist, Lisa St Aubin de Terán retreated to a remote Mozambican village in 2004. In her new memoir, she fills in the dramatic gaps of her life, revealing hidden truths behind the media hype. Despite her adventures and challenges, fiction has always been her anchor. This autobiography sets the record straight on a life stranger than fiction.
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
Genre:
History
TO OVERTHROW THE WORLD
Author:
Sean McMeekin
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From an award-winning historian, a new global history of Communism.
In 'To Overthrow the World,' the author explores the transformation of Communism from a seductive ideal to a ruling doctrine, revealing the roots of statist tyranny in Karl Marx's writings and the unexpected revival of Communism post-1991. The book highlights the violence, economic devastation, and surveillance under Communist rule, and traces its evolution into a philosophy maximizing state power and wealth. It also examines the global export of the 'China model' impacting academia, culture, media, sports, business, and government, challenging our understanding of Communism's evolution.
A New History of the Second World War
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History
STALIN'S WAR
Author:
Sean McMeekin
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Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History 2022
A major new history of the Second World War by a prize-winning historian, a groundbreaking reassessment, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the roots of the current world order.
The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Economy
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Economy & Politics, Current Issues
VAMPIRE STATE
Author:
Ian Williams
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This is the terrifying story of China’s vampire economy.
Decrypting the Final Solution
Genre:
History
THE HOLOCAUST CODES
Author:
Christian Jennings
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"The Holocaust Codes" unveils the gripping tale of British codebreaker Nigel De Grey at Bletchley Park decoding secret SS and Gestapo messages during the Holocaust, while SS Major Hermann Hoefle, orchestrating mass extermination, employs cryptanalysis to conceal atrocities. The narrative spans from massacres in Eastern Europe to the struggle to convey crucial information to Allied leaders. The book explores the indifference of British officials and the post-war fate of Holocaust signals, culminating in a surprising resolution as justice is served in an unexpected manner. This poignant account delves into wartime secrecy, intelligence, and the enduring legacy of the Final Solution.
Sex, Spying and Surveillance in the Third Reich
Genre:
History
KITTY'S SALON
Author:
Urs Brunner, Julia Schrammel, Nigel Jones
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There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final Solution. Salon Kitty was the most notorious brothel in the decadent Berlin of the Weimar Republic - the city of Cabaret. But after the Nazis took power, it became something more dangerous: a spying centre with every room wired for sound, staffed by women agents specially selected by the SS to coax secrets from their VIP clients. Masterminded by Reinhard Heydrich, the spymaster whom Hitler himself called 'the man with the iron heart', the exclusive establishment turned listening post was patronised by the Nazi leaders themselves, not knowing that hidden ears were listening. One of the last untold stories of the Second World War, Salon Kitty's sensational true history is now revealed by historians Nigel Jones, Urs Brunner and Dr Julia Schrammel. After years of painstaking research and investigation, the story they tell sheds new light on Nazi methods of control and coercion, and the way that they used and abused sex for their own perverse purposes.
Genre:
True Crime
BLACK DAHLIA, RED ROSE
Author:
Piu Eatwell
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This book marks the 70th anniversary of the infamous ‘Black Dahlia’ murder. Eatwell delves into the unsolved case of Elizabeth Short, a budding Hollywood starlet found murdered in 1947. Titled after the victim's nickname, the book offers a fresh perspective, presenting a compelling new solution to the mystery. With a focus on Hollywood's noir era, Eatwell's account is the first thoroughly researched factual exploration of this notorious crime, promising a gripping and atmospheric narrative.
Genre:
Literary & General
TO BE A PILGRIM
Author:
Joyce Cary
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Tom Wilcher, a rich Englishman who is treated as a foolish old man by his young relatives, looks back on his life and his unfulfilled spiritual yearnings even as he faces death.
The Limits and Liabilities of Natural Selection
Genre:
Science & Biology
FLAWS OF NATURE
Author:
Andy Dobson
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Nominated for the Zoological Society of London’s Clarivate Award for Science Communication, 2024
A wealth of colourful case-studies show how natural selection involves trade-offs, compromises, and botch-jobs, sacrificing individuals in favour of their genes.
The Incredible True Story of the Whistleblowers Jailed after Exposing the Rotten Heart of the Financial System
Genre:
Biography & Memoirs, Current Issues, Economy & Politics
RIGGED
Author:
Andy Verity
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Optioned by HTM Television
Corruption, collusion and a miscarriage of justice on both sides of the Atlantic, where whistleblowers were wrongly jailed for crimes they didn't commit: this is the shocking true story of the Libor scandal, just not as you knew it.
Murder and Mystery in Provence
Genre:
History, True Crime
THE DRUMMOND AFFAIR
Author:
Stephanie Matthews and Daniel Smith
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1950s France. Sir Jack Drummond, a British establishment figure. A brutal crime convicts a local farmer. Matthews and Smith expose a miscarriage of justice, revealing Drummond's shadowy Cold War past.
Genre:
Literary & General
THE HORSE'S MOUTH
Author:
Joyce Cary
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The Horse's Mouth follows the adventures of Gulley Jimson, an artist who would exploit his friends and acquaintances to earn money, told from his point of view, just as the other books in the First Trilogy tell events from their central characters' different points of view. Cary's novel also uses Gulley's unique perspective to comment on the social and political events of the time.
Genre:
Literary & General
HERSELF SURPRISED
Author:
Joyce Cary
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Herself Surprised, the first volume of Joyce Cary's remarkable First Trilogy, introduces Sara Monday, a woman at once dissolute and devout, passionate and sly. With no regrets, Sara reviews her changing fortunes, remembering the drudgery of domestic servitude, the pleasures of playing the great lady in a small provincial town, and the splendors and miseries of life as the model, muse, and mistress of the painter Gulley Jimson.
She Was an Abused Girl and a Battered Wife - Until the Day She Fought Back
Genre:
Biography & Memoirs
I OWN YOU
Author:
Dawn McConnell and Katy Weitz
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Powerful and inspiring, I Own You is the shocking story of how one woman overcame her harrowing past to find happiness on her own terms.
The Unknown Story of America's War Against Russia
Genre:
History
THE LENIN PLOT
Author:
Barnes Carr
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The surprising story of perhaps the darkest episode in American espionage history: the “midnight war” to depose Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.
A History of Nazi Mercenaries During the Cold War
Genre:
History, Politics
FUGITIVES
Author:
Danny Orbach
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The thrilling, untold history of Nazi fugitives turned postwar agents—for America, the Soviets, the Third World, or themselves.
Unearthing newly declassified revelations from Mossad and other archives, historian Danny Orbach reveals this long-forgotten arena of the Cold War, and its colourful cast of characters.
Persecutors or Victims
Genre:
Biography & Memoirs
MEGHAN AND HARRY: The Real Story
Author:
Lady Colin Campbell
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**A Wall Street Journal bestseller**
This blockbuster narrative provides the first behind-the-scenes, authoritative account of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s marriage, by the New York Times bestselling author of "Diana in Private".
Three Extraordinary Flights
One Woman’s Remarkable Journey
Genre:
Biography & Memoirs
BIRD
Author:
Douglas Wight, Tracey Curtis-Taylor
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Making history against the odds, the epic life story of one of Britain's most inspirational adventurers.
Genre:
Historical
THE BRIDESHIP WIFE
Author:
Leslie Howard
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9th week on bestseller list for The Brideship Wife 13 Jul 2020 Leslie Howard’s The Brideship Wife is on both the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail best sellers list for the ninth consecutive week
Inspired by the history of the British “brideships,” this captivating historical debut tells the story of one woman’s coming of age and search for independence.
How Italy Resisted the Final Solution
Genre:
History
SYNDROME K
Author:
Christian Jennings
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Syndrome K is the story of how 80 per cent of Italy's Jews escaped the Holocaust, with the help of their fellow countrymen, the Allies and even some Germans.
An American History
Genre:
History
THE KU KLUX KLAN
Author:
Kristofer Allerfeldt
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The Ku Klux Klan seeks to demystify one of the most hated, feared and poorly understood organisations in history.
Based on twenty years of research this book is the definitive history of the Ku Klux Klan, a symbol of America's long and violent legacy of racism, from foundation to the present day.
The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
Genre:
History
SPICE
Author:
Roger Crowley
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Spice is the story of six crucial decades, 1511-1571, from the Portuguese conquest of Malacca to the founding of Manila – a defining moment, when the world ‘went global’. It is a narrative of epic sweep that now defines every aspect of our lives, and the relationship with the great empires of the East.
It is big history in the fullest sense of the word.
Genre:
History
WHAT THE GREEKS DID FOR US
Author:
Tony Spawforth
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Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like “pandemic,” a Freudian state of mind like the “Oedipus complex,” or a replica of the Parthenon in a Chinese theme park, ancient Greek culture shapes the contours of our lives. Ever since the first Roman imitators, we have been continually falling under the Greeks’ spell.
But how did ancient Greece spread its influence so far and wide? And how has this influence changed us?
The Crusaders' Last Battle for the Holy Land
Genre:
History
THE ACCURSED TOWER
Author:
Roger Crowley
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From a New York Times-bestselling author, a stirring account of the siege of Acre in 1291, when the last Christian stronghold fell to the Muslim army
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