Mary Berry queen of cooking on the range has written the first cookbook to bring Aga cookery up to date. Aga cuisine need no longer be confined to stews & casseroles. Mary Berry shows how to cook contemporary & delicious food such as grilled vegetables Baked Thai Curry & Filo Parcels with Ricotta & Spinach. The recipes are complemented with detailed introductory material that shows you how to get the very best from your Aga
- whether a new convert or an established devotee
- & with this book it can become the warming heart of your family kitchen.

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Over many years Mary Berry has perfected the art of cake-making & her skills have earned her a reputation as the queen of cakes. Now she has updated her classic home baking bible the Ultimate Cake Book & once again shares with you the secrets of her success. With over 200 classic cake recipes Mary Berry's Ultimate Cake Book

Includes:: recipes for every cake biscuit & bun you ever wanted to bake & many more. From the traditional Victoria Sandwich Cake Tarte Tatin or Millionaires Shortbread to the indulgent Very Best Chocolate Roulade Swiss Wild Strawberry & Walnut Cake or Sharp Lemon Cheesecake there is sure to be a cake or bake here to suit everyone. Ideal for cake-baking novices as well as more experienced cooks Mary explains the basic methods of baking & gives advice on ingredients & equipment. Mary's easy recipes are interspersed with baking tips & solutions for the most common problems making it possible for everyone to bake their favourite cake whatever the occasion.

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Mary Boleyn is remembered by posterity as a great & infamous whore. She was the mistress of two kings Francois I of France & Henry VIII of England & sister to Anne Boleyn Henry VIIIs second wife. She may secretly have borne Henry a child & it was because of his adultery with Mary that his marriage to Anne was annulled. It is not hard to see how this tangled web of relationships has given rise to rumours & misconceptions that have been embroidered over the centuries. In this the first full-scale biography of Mary Boleyn Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject & uncovers the facts about one of the most misunderstood figures of the Tudor age. Her extensive forensic research has facilitated a new & detailed portrayal in which she recounts that contrary to popular belief Mary was entirely undeserving of her posthumous notoriety as a great whore or the hackney whom the King of France famously boasted of riding. Weir also presents compelling new evidence that almost conclusively determines the paternity of Marys two oldest children. In this astonishing & riveting book Alison Weir shows that Marys story had a happy ending & that she was by far the luckiest of the Boleyns. ...

Sister to Anne Boleyn & seduced by two kings Mary Boleyn has long been the subject of scandal & myth. Her affair with Henry VIII fuelled the shocking annulment of his marriage to Anne & Mary is rumoured to have borne his child in secret. In this the first full-length biography of Mary Boleyn Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject's notoriety. Her extensive research gives us a new & detailed portrayal revealing Mary as one of hte most misunderstood figures of the Tudor age. From the internationally bestselling author of Eleanor of Aquitaine. ...

This study redefines the American artist Mary Cassatts status in the Parisian avant-garde & in American art placing her work in the wider context of 19th-century feminism & art theory. Cassatts art explores a new womans" perspective on the spaces of modernity: at the theatre in the drawing-room & garden in the studio. Admired by Degas
- who invited her to show with the Impressionists in 1877
- Cassatts work reveals her profound study of old masters & keen responses to contemporary French & Spanish painters. Pollock emphasizes Cassatts interest in Manet & her influence on American collections of French modernism. She also argues that Cassatts experimentation with etching & pastel from the late 1880s enabled her to represent children & women without sentiment but with a deepening awareness of a complex psychological charge."

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The lifestory of Mary I
- daughter of Henry VIII & his Spanish wife Catherine of Aragon
- is often distilled to a few dramatic

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A dramatic thought-provoking portrait of one of the most compelling figures in early Christianity which explores two thousand years of history art & literature to provide a close-up look at Mary Magdalen & her significance in religious & cultural thought. ...

As mother of Mary Queen of Scots Mary of Guise is often overshadowed by her more famous daughter. However this intelligent & energetic woman also led an intriguing life of her own. Daughter of a powerful French family a staunch Roman Catholic & subtle politician she acted as Regent for her young daughter & was keen to ensure that Scottish loyalties lay with France rather than Protestant Engl&. This is the story of a strong-willed woman who lived through turbulent times. ...

The original best-loved classic about the world's most famous nanny
- Mary Poppins. When Jane & Michael Banks draw up an advertisement
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Not many names epitomise an era but Mary Quant is such a name. Her life her ideas her style touched (and still touch) everyone. Mary Quant is fashion. Most people connect Mary with one thing
- the mini skirt
- that ground-breaking design that is as potent now as it was when it first appeared in the early sixties. But her influence carried way beyond those early frenetic black-&-white years. Now towards the close of what has been one of the most influential & visionary careers in fashion's history Mary Quant has written a memoir in her own inimitable style
- a witty unique account of her whirlwind life. It is a story like no other. But then there is only one Mary Quant.


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