Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Solomon Northup's memoir recalls how he was kidnapped in Washington DC in 1841 and sold into slavery, describing the brutalities...

"Even a name by which to be known among men, slavery had denied me." A standout among slave testimonies, the Narrative of William...

A classic story of trying circumstances and enduring hope, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is...

Jess McDonald was a true crime junkie and Line of Duty sofa sleuth with a strong sense of justice. Under a year later, thanks to...

The ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled in the heart of north-west London. For the best...

The Lives of Haydn, Mozart and Metastasio – Stendhal’s first published work – owes its inspiration to the audacious pragmatism of...

Published posthumously in 1930, Stendhal’s travel notes on his 1838 journey to southern France contain descriptions of cities...

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

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,...

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...

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

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

Widely regarded as one of the greatest ever...

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

A revelatory collection of letters from the nation's favourite storyteller.

'Dear Mama,
I am having a lovely time here. We...

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

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...

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

The New York Times bestseller from the Grammy-nominated indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, deeply moving memoir...

Westwood... , Kelly Ian

Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a...

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...

'Our childhood came to an end when our parents parted and from then on Jennifer was placed in the impossible position of having...

The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.

Finally...

The first collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. This...

The second collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.
Now...

In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while...