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JAMES CHAMBERS

James Chambers was born in Ireland and educated at Oxford. He has written many books, including Palmerston: The People’s Darling, The English House, The Daily Telegraph History of the British Empire and The Devil’s Horsemen.

He has also worked extensively in TV (Flying Through History, Secrets of the Landscape, Decisive Weapons, Ghenghis Khan and others).

A former international fencer, he still commentates on Olympic Games and World Championships for television.


He lives in Notting Hill, and is married to the writer Josephine Ross..

 

 

 
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THE HORSE WHO
Fifty Famous Horses From History
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Praise for James Chambers’ Palmerston: The People’s Darling:

‘A rollicking biography, weaving raunchy with realpolitik, told with the bold swagger of Palmerston himself’

SIMON SEBAG MOTEFIORE, Daily Telegraph

 
 
CHARLOTTE & LEOPOLD
The True Story of The Original People's Princess
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Praise for James Chambers’ Palmerston: The People’s Darling:

‘A rollicking biography, weaving raunchy with realpolitik, told with the bold swagger of Palmerston himself’

SIMON SEBAG MOTEFIORE, Daily Telegraph

‘Elegant, ironic… even those who would not normally read political biography will enjoy this one for the quality of its writing and the exuberance of its hero.’

ANDREW ROBERTS, Sunday Telegraph

‘Accessible, entertaining biography… to be welcomed for bringing its subject’s colourful character, and the Victorian world in which it operated, to life.’

TRISTRAM HUNT, BBC History – Books of the Year

 
 
CHARLOTTE & LEOPOLD
The True Story of The Original People's Princes (Paperback)
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Praise for James Chambers:

‘A rollicking biography, weaving raunchy with realpolitik, told with the bold swagger of Palmerston himself’

SIMON SEBAG MOTEFIORE, Daily Telegraph

 
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