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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

AN Wilson Both the longest reigning British monarch and female sovereign in history, Queen Victoria was a figure of profound paradox who has mystified historians for over a century. Now...

Joan Biskupic An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far.John Roberts was named to the Supreme...

John Grigg Lloyd George: The People's Champion, sequel to John Grigg's enthusiastically praised The Young Lloyd George, describes the career of David Lloyd George from 1902 to 1911, its most exciting...

Isaac Deutscher The Prophet Unarmed, first published in 1959, is the second volume of Isaac Deutscher's extraordinary Trotsky trilogy, which the Guardian has said 'will rank among the great political...