Catherine was the sister of Christian; in WW2 she worked with the French Resistance but was arrested in 1944 and sent to Ravensbrück. Miraculously she survived, and was awarded both the Cro... read more
Memoir by the magnificent Margolyes, conceived in an air raid in WW2 who, in a life rich with experience, mischief and energy, once mooned at Warren Beatty - "he completely deserved it. The ... read more
A hotchpotch of journal entries from the last seven years to do with living around Paris, surprisingly free of the angst found in much of her other writing.
Moshenka has previously published an excellent biography of Sir Kenelm Digby (A Stain in the Blood). His earlier academic work - Feeling Pleasures: The Sense of Touch in Renaissance England ... read more
This massive new appraisal - but shorter than his Churchill and his Napoleon - takes a revisionist approach: far from being a cruel tyrant, Farmer George was intelligent, benevolent, devoted... read more
When Crane died at 28, he was a star: the adventurous veteran of the Wild West and Cuba during the Spanish American War, the author of a masterpiece (The Red Badge of Courage), and an exile ... read more
A memoir by the former President of the Supreme Court. This remarkable and courageous woman, who took up law when told at school that she wasn't clever enough to study history, obtained a st... read more
A follow-up to his extremely popular first volume, Theft By Finding. Always sardonic and incisive, the witty Anglophile American social commentator has had plenty of material.
Wry and robust memoir from the Conservative MP of - amongst other things - 'Plebgate' notoriety. Praised by voices on both sides of the political divide.