On a Greek island in 1977, Calista finds herself working for Billy Wilder on a film. His career is on the wane, and she's a young woman with a lot to learn...
Revisits the circumstances surrounding the death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjoeld in 1961, who was found dead in the smoking wreckage of his plane on the way to Leopoldville in the ... read more
It is 1909 in Spokane, Washington, and the Dolan brothers are jumping freight trains.... Fun and adventure in a portrait of a nation with a growing chasm between rich and poor.
Brighton, 1968: a film producer, a novelist and an actress find their private lives encroaching into their public worlds. Pressures build on the trio...
Having addressed Henry James in The Master, CT turns now to Thomas Mann: a tender portrayal of the contradictions of Mann's life - homosexual but father to six children; a staunch German pat... read more
The author is at the forefront of the use of genetic science in archaeology. Here he explains the process and how it completely alters our understanding of early humans.