The Turkish Embassy Letters: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Mary Wortley Montagu, Teresa Heffernan and Daniel O'Quinn
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In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's husband Edward Montagu was appointed British ambassador to the...
The Ultimate Family: The Making of the Royal House of Windsor
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In recent times the British monarchy has become an 'ultimate family' of international superstars,...
Tom Hiddleston: The Biography
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Still only in his thirties, he has become one of Britain's great acting exports and has brought both...
Under The Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin
Bruce Chatwin, Nicholas Shakespeare and Elizabeth Chatwin
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Bruce Chatwin is one of the most significant British novelists and travel writers of our time. His...
Waterloo Letters
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This collection of letters from survivors of the Waterloo Campaign was gathered in the 1830s and...
What's Left? What's Right?: A Political Journey via North Korea and the Chinese Cultural Revolution
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What's Left? What's Right? is Muriel Seltman's political autobiography. Muriel and her husband were...
William Howe and the American War of Independence
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The first major work on this enigmatic British general for more than 40 years, William Howe and the...
Yorkshire's War: Voices of the First World War
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At 7.30 a.m. on Saturday 1 July 1916, the British Expeditionary Force rose from its trenches and...
Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics
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Born into folk music's first family, Peggy Seeger has blazed her own trail artistically and...
Perfect Murder: A Century of Unsolved Homicides
Bernard Taylor and Stephen Knight
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From the mysterious death of William Saunders, whose beaten body was discovered in a pond near Penge...