The Secret Garden
Book
The classic, beloved children's novel about the sour Mary Lennox who is sent from India as an orphan...
Children YA Classic
Octopussy (1983)
Movie Watch
James Bond (Roger Moore) may have met his match in Octopussy (Maud Adams), an entrancing beauty...
The Unfortunate Endeavours of Charles Henry Brown: Aeronaut 1827-1870
Book
This is the biography of a pioneer aeronaut, Charles Henry Brown, whose life-long obsession with...
Jonathan Brown
Podcast
Jonathan Brown is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the School of Foreign...
Gilgit Rebellion: The Major Who Mutinied Over Partition of India
Book
In 1942 William Brown was posted as a recently commissioned Indian Army Officer to the Gilgit Agency...
The Lady and the Unicorn: A Virago Modern Classic
Book
In a crumbling Calcutta mansion, with faded frescos and a jasmine-covered garden, the Lemarchant...
Hops and Glory: One Man's Search for the Beer That Built the British Empire
Book
The original India Pale Ale was pure gold in a glass; a semi-mythical beer specially invented, in...
Wellington
Book
The archetype of the stern, silent Englishman dedicated to his duty, the Duke of Wellington had all...
Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant
Book
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra...
Shantaram
Book
A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true...