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A brilliant history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne.In the dawn ...

From the author of the acclaimed Mozipedia , a work of supreme pop archaeology unearths every influence that brought Ziggy to life, from H. G. Well...

Horatio Nelson never sailed in a ship named "HMS Audacious", but Terry Coleman's sympathetic and searching biography of England's most famous The M...

Paperback. Pub Date :2002-10-07 512 English HarperCollins UK A full and frank portrait of the complex man behind the icon of cool.Steve McQueen. on...

The epic story of Jerusalem told through the lives of the men and women who created, ruled and inhabited it. Jerusalem is the universal city, the c...

The Game recounts the incredible adventures of an everyday man who transforms himself from a shy, awkward writer into the quick-witted, smooth-talk...

Jennie Jerome, the dark, decisive beauty from New York who married the brilliant, unruly son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough in 1874, and who subseq...

Whether it is her sunny temperament, her gift of laughter, her wide-ranging abilities, or all three, Judi Dench is without doubt a star. S hortlist...

From priceless eithteenth-century dining tables hiddem away in decaying farm sheds to tattooed travellers with a penchant for Worcester china, prof...

This magnificent new book is Alison Weir's greatest a detailed biography of Henry VIII, set against the cultural, social and political background o...

Immortalised by the chronicler Froissart as the most beautiful woman in England and the most loved, Joan was the wife of the Black Prince and the m...

"I heard you paint houses" are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran. To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint...

It's September 1945 and Billy Hopkins is off to London to train as a teacher, with only ten bob in his pocket. Despite his dad's gloomy warnings th...

Young English zoologist Gerard Durrell returns to the Cameroons in West Central Africa in 1949 for another humorous and fascinating animal collecti...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE 2019 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR Duncan Hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports ...

Buddhism is a faith that commands over 100 million followers throughout the world. Buddha revolutionized the religious ideas of his time to advocat...

Book by Simon Majumdar

An erudite, lively search for the real Helen of Troy-–a chronicle combining historical inquiry & storytelling élan–-from one of Britain’s most ...

Olive, Mabel and Me is the new book from broadcaster Andrew Cotter and his now internet famous canine companions, Olive and Mabel. Olive and Mabel ...

In this biography of Frederick the Great, Nancy Mitford carefully unravels the complex character of one of Europe's brilliant rulers. She re-create...

Pieces together the damaged life of Mary Bell, who aged 11 was tried and convicted of manslaughter after the death of two young boys. Only as an ad...

Bill Bryson’s first travel book opened with the immortal line, ‘I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.’ In this deeply funny and personal memoir,...

Most bizarre financial mock-epic of our age. The story of the largest corporate takeover in American history. The battle of RJR Nabisco in 1988.

Haworth Parsonage stood on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors like a rock in a tempest. Inside its cheerless rooms, six delicate children dreamed thei...