Anne Somerset
Anne Somerset was born in England in 1955 and educated in London, Gloucestershire, and Kent. After studying history at King's College, London, she worked as a research assistant for various historians. She is the author of Glitteringly detailed ... [... more]
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Rookery Manor - 3* - Weston-Super-Mare
 Surrounded by large gardens, lakes and waterfalls, this 16th century manor house is set in the heart of Somerset, and is a popular wedding venue. The accommodation can be found within converted barns adjacent to the manor house, where each room has its [... more]
£75.00
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Rumwell Manor - 3* - Taunton
Set amidst landscaped gardens with glorious country views, yet only 2 miles from Taunton, this 3 star hotel is located off Junction 26 of the M5. Rumwell Manor is a Georgian property with views of the beautiful Somerset countryside. Blackdown Restaurant [... more]
£70.00
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Somerset Jadaf, Dubai - 5* - Dubai Airport
Chose from Somerset Jadaf's wide range of stylish fully-furnished studio, one, two-bedroom apartments. Enjoy an enriched living environment with the property's many business and recreational facilities, and resident activities. Because life is about [... more]
£191.00
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Adam Nicolson
Adam Nicolson is the author of Seamanship, Sea Room, God's Secretaries, and, most recently, Seize the Fire, about Admiral Nelson and the battle of Trafalgar. He has won both the Somerset Maugham and William Heinemann awards. The son of Nigel ... [... more]
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Paul Strathern
Paul Strathern studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin. He has lectured in philosophy and mathematics and is a Somerset Maugham Prize-winning novelist. He is the bestselling author of several books of nonfiction, including the series ... [... more]
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Philip Hensher
Philip Hensher's novels include Kitchen Venom, which won the Somerset Maugham Award, and The Mulberry Empire, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. His latest novel, The Northern Clemency, was short-listed for the Man Booker. Chosen by ... [... more]
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Giles Foden
Giles Foden was born in England in 1967 and grew up in Africa. The author of three novels, he works on the books pages of The Guardian. In 1998 he won the Whitbread First Novel Award and a Somerset Maugham Award. Giles Foden's The Last King of ... [... more]
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Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer is the author of three novels, a critical study of John Berger, and four genre-defying books, including But Beautiful, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize, and Out of Sheer Rage, which was a National Book Critics Circle ... [... more]
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Helen Simpson
Helen Simpson is the author of three collections of short stories, Getting a Life, Four Bare Legs in a Bed (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award) and Dear George, as well as one novel, Flesh and Grass. She lives in London with her husband and two ... [... more]
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Ryan Lavelle
The defence of the 9th-century kingdom of Wessex under King Alfred against the 'Great Viking Army' is one of the major military achievements of Early Medieval history. While the guerrilla warfare in the Somerset marshes and the battle of Edington ... [... more]
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W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He trained as a doctor in London where he started writing his first novels. In 1926 he bought a house in Cap Ferrat, France, which was to become a meeting place for a number of writers, artists and ... [... more]
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