Michael Bar-Zohar Drawing on his own close personal relationship and on previously unavailable firsthand sources — including David Ben-Gurion’s secret files —Michael Bar-Zohar, Israeli scholar and official Ben-Gurion biographer, has...

Bill Bryon Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction Bill Bryson travels back in time to a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and, in five eventful...

Philippe Pozzi di Borgo Soon to be a major motion picture— The Upside— starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman.Born with wealth and privilege, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was...

Michael Sheldon Most people today think of Winston Churchill as simply the wartime British bulldog - a jowly, cigar-chomping old fighter demanding blood, sweat and tears from his nation. But...

Flora Fraser "There are two types of British queens," says Columbia University historian David Cannadine."Those who hold the position strictly as wife of the king, and those (few) who have...

Alison Weir In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford,...

Adam Nicholson Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families – from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history...

Donald S Olson Written in the form of confessional letters to a French priest, this novel weaves fictional incidents into the biographical facts of the life of Aubrey Beardsley to...

Hannah Rothschild Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father's favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild...

Jonathan Guinness with Catherine Guinness The classic story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary families.Among the six daughters and one son born to David, second Lord Redesdale, and...

Jonathan Clements His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming the overlord of...

Robert Latham Generations of readers have found Pepys' diaries one of the best ways to vicariously experience the tumultuous world of seventeenth century London, the time of Restoration, the Plague,...