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The remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick, her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that shaped British...

'A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence' Simon Sebag Montefiore,...

During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese...

Edward VII, who gave his name to the Edwardian era but was always known as Bertie, was fifty-nine when he finally came to power...

Paul Lake was Manchester born, a City fan from birth. His footballing talent was spotted at a young age and, in 1983, he signed...

Written in alternating chapters, W or the Memory of Childhood, tells two parallel tales, in two parts. One is a story created in...

Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg - an awkward maths prodigy and a painfully shy computer genius - were never going to fit in...

The definitive biography of the late Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist.

The genius behind such...

How have the modern world, technology and our addiction to information changed who we are? What effect does it have on our...

A groundbreaking and fascinating biography of England's most famous queen, viewed through the women who influenced her...

Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild...

From the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like...

The twentieth century has been called 'the American Century'. Not since the days of the Roman emperors has there been such a...

Alexandra Heminsley thought she could swim. She really did.
It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she...

Jones... , Thompson...

Foreword by Chrissie Hynde

Without the Sex Pistols there would be no punk rock, and without Steve Jones there would be no Sex...

Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of...

Shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award 2003

'Definitive' Daily Telegraph

Orwell has become one of the most potent...

The autobiography of the greatest living English football manager of his generation

The Sunday Times no.1 bestselling memoir...

The remarkable First World War diary of Private Harry Drinkwater, published for the first time

‘I saw several fellows fall,...

Harry's tales and insight into the game he's lived and breathed for 50 years.

'When a man walks on to a pitch there's always a...

What do they find attractive about me? An underage girl who just lies there, sobbing, looking up at them...as they come to me one...

The wry, perceptive and brilliantly evocative memoir of one of Britain's best-loved cooks

'All men should strive to learn...

A revolutionary collection from the award-winning columnist and bestselling author of How to Be a Woman and How to Build a...

The first definitive story of the greatest cyclist of all time.
'The whole point of a race is to find a winner... I chose to...

Cricket obsessive Miles Jupp hatches an ill-conceived plan to join the England cricket team in India

** Shortlisted for the...

The hotly anticipated cycling autobiography of the year from the world's best sprinter

The hottest sprinter in the world -...

The amazing story of the original gangster, drug dealer and overlord, Frank Lucas

Criminals are not born in a vacuum, and...

The hilarious tale of one podgy boy's dreams on the outside edge of a cricketing life from 'one of Britain's funniest writers'...

A vividly written and intensely researched new biography of an iconic figure in British history

Boudica has been immortalised...

Cider with Roadies is the true story of a boy's obsessive relationship with pop. A life lived through music from Stuart's...