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Kate Colquhoun


Born
Ireland
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Nonfiction


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 · 2,097 ratings · 305 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors
Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensation...
3.54 avg rating — 1,097 ratings — published 2011 — 35 editions
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Taste: The Story of Britain...
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Did She Kill Him?: A Victor...
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The Thrifty Cookbook: 476 w...
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