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'SUBLIME' A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'STUNNINGLY GOOD' THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024
'COMPULSIVE' A PROSPECTBOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'BRILLIANT' A SPECTATORBOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham.