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Kate Colquhoun


Born
Ireland
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Kate Colquhoun is a biographer and historian. Her first book A Thing in Disguise: the visionary life of Joseph Paxton (Fourth Estate, 2003) was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper prize, nominated for the Samuel Johnson award and was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Other books include Taste: the history of Britain through its cooking (Bloomsbury, 2007) and The Thrifty Cookbook: 476 Ways to eat well with leftovers (Bloomsbury, 2009).

Mr Briggs’ Hat (Little, Brown, 2011) was shortlisted for a Crime Writers’ Association silver dagger award, translated widely and filmed for BBC TV. Her next book Did She Kill Him? (Little, Brown 2014), investigates the story of Florence Maybrick, an American ingénue tried for the murder of her older cotton-broker hus ...more

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Average rating: 3.65 · 2,307 ratings · 343 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors
Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensation...
3.54 avg rating — 1,201 ratings — published 2011 — 34 editions
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Did She Kill Him?: A Victor...
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Taste: The Story of Britain...
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A Thing in Disguise : The V...
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The Thrifty Cookbook: 476 w...
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The Busiest Man in England:...
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