Rosenberg's family emigrated from Sweden to Israel in 1962. This is his memoir of that time, and his subsequent grappling with the hopes, doubts, mythologies, deceptions and erasures that he... read more
Immense and gorgeously written, this is the first major Baldwin biography in three decades. It uses four of his relationships (set around four locations: Greenwich Village, Paris, the ‘Tra... read more
A vivid and moving account of moving from Delhi to a derelict cottage in an old hill station. An accomplished novelist, Roy's text is augmented by her own watercolours.
Favourite and lover of James I and beloved friend of his son; husband, father, art collector, tireless statesman... The cost of his pearl-spilling outfit when he went to meet Henrietta Maria... read more
Mother (at 13) of Henry VII, and the Tudor dynasty, MofB is one of those extraordinary medieval women who wielded immense - even overt - political influence. This is a fine telling of her li... read more
Considered controversial, Benson's superb diaries were sealed for one hundred years at his death. This selection shows the novelist, poet, don and Eton master to have been an acute and waspi... read more
Although very different in temperament, these two great Whig figures joined to fight the slave trade, impeach the governor-general of the East India Company and support the rebellious Americ... read more
33 years after publication of her huge bestseller Wild Swans, JC picks up where she left off... in 1978, leaving Chengdu as a student bound for London. 'It was like landing on Mars...' What ... read more