A fascinating group portrait of the journalists (including Rebecca West, John Dos Passos, Martha Gellhorn, Erika Mann and Janet Flanner) who were gathered at Nuremberg - how they behaved wit... read more
Originally published in 2 vols (1969 & 1970), this is a hugely welcome reissue of the amazing, rich memoir by the prolific novelist, journalist and political activist, friend of H.G. Wells a... read more
If Mrs T is what she eats, who is Mrs T? A long journey to understand how food is connected to place and national identity, how tradition and innovation create culture. Warm, knowledgeable a... read more
Drawing on the author's own experiences of WW2, the novel's protagonist rebels against the pressures of family and politics in Fascist Italy. First published in 1949. By the author of Forbid... read more
The author's German grandparents were 'Mitlaufer' - those who went with the flow in the Third Reich. They just wanted to forget, to bury it all under the wreckage... In this fascinating book... read more
A slim volume on life and thought of one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. It ranges over her dramatic life, her love affair with Martin Heidegger, exile, Eich... read more
A letter and a beautiful woman sweep a young hothead from Whitechapel to Constantinople on the eve of the Crimean War; there is a trail of bodies, but so far not his... A lively debut.
A compulsive political thriller that takes us deep into the Kremlin and the psychology of authoritarianism: at its heart is Putin's chief spin-doctor, the still centre of a delirious propaga... read more
From the author of the breathtaking At Night All Blood is Black (winner of the International Booker Prize in 2021), this novel is another marvel. Set in C18th France and Africa, its protagon... read more
The spirited companion volume to her Days in the Caucasus: reaching Paris, she cuts her hair and swirls with the beautiful people of 1920s' Paris - Malraux and Kazantzakis, fellow emigr?s ... read more
Du Maurier, Townsend Warner, three Elizabeths (Bowen, Taylor and Jane Howard) as well as lesser-known names such as Inez Holden and Attia Hosain. There is much to enjoy here.