Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Few writers have known Italy better than Stendhal: he was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of...

Life of Dante brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni...

This major critical work by the great French novelist reveals Stendhal’s decisive role in the literary renaissance called...

Rossini’s success in Italy in the early 1820s was certainly not echoed in France, where he was regarded as “an ill-bred parvenu,...

In the summer of 1844, taking a break from novel-writing, the thirty-two-year-old Charles Dickens embarked on a journey to Italy...

Follows the text of the first edition published by Secker & Warburg in 1938. Contains over 20 pages of notes

After travelling...

The notorious adventurer and seducer Giacomo Casanova tells of his travels – on the run from the authorities of his native Venice...

In this open letter to his father – a letter which was never sent – Kafka tries to come to terms with one of the most deeply...

The influence of Antonin Artaud on the contemporary theatre has only become evident since the early Sixties, although writers and...

"Памяти Каталонии" - документальная повесть Джорджа Оруэлла, опубликованная в 1938 году, в которой он описывает события...

The funny, frank and full autobiography of the nation's favourite comedian.

'It's the first time I've done this. Other people...

A major biography of the greatest men's tennis player of the modern era.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest ever...

April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became two of the very first Jews to successfully escape...

The inspiring memoir from TV traveller Simon Reeve's life of amazing adventures in over 120 countries and the most remote and...

On 10 August 2021, Lionel Messi's beautiful Barcelona fairy tale came to an end as he completed a dramatic move to Paris...

One of the most brilliant writers of her day, George Eliot (1819-1880) was also one of the most talked about. Intellectual and...

I felt that Mary was there, pulling at my sleeve, willing me to appreciate the artistry, wanting me to understand the dazzle of...

The long-awaited memoir from international football ambassador, former co-owner of Arsenal FC and legend of the game: David...

Ballet dancer. Front man in an almost famous band. Judge on The Great Pottery Throwdown. How did all that happen?
By accident...

In this elegiac and heartfelt memoir, Melvyn Bragg recreates his youth in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton: a working-class boy...

Born in 1831, Isabella, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes in 1872 'in search of health' and found she had...

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw...

In the 1970s Bruce Lee emerged as the world's greatest fighting star - an accolade he has kept ever since. He battled to succeed...

A powerful and intensely moving memoir by an NHS surgeon who volunteered in war zones, operating under the most extreme...

Pip Fallow was born in the coal-miner's cottage where his family of eight lived, in a village near Durham. Pip was destined to...

In June of 1961, A.E. Hotchner visited an old friend in the psychiatric ward of St. Mary's Hospital. It would be the last time...

Lennon... , Sheff...

The last major interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, conducted by New York Times bestselling author David Sheff, featuring a...

Martin O’Neill is one of the most fascinating and respected figures in football. In On Days Like These, he tells the story of his...

Williams... , Sternfeld...

A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back.

When Michael...

The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the TV series All Creatures Great and Small.

Training as an RAF...