Translated from the Italian, this biography marks the 700th anniversary of Dante's death. It brings to life the context in which he wrote. (Barbero's book on Waterloo was excellent.)
An exploration of our shores, the land between the tides, the littoral realm of the shrimp and the anemone... Nicolson is observant, patient, inquisitive, immune to soaking, buoyed by poet... read more
The magnificent Eland publisher considers his ilk through the stories and gossip of 15 generations of farmers, colonels, brewers, naval commanders and horse-lovers, as told to him by a great... read more
Her first book in a decade sees the wonderful SG moving to southern Italy, using food as a route to understanding the culture, history and geography of the region.
"We think about history coming down to us; but creation, generally, builds upwards, layer on layer...". JLS is a farmer as well as one of our foremost writers of nature, and here he takes hi... read more
Witty and wandering memoir about the pursuit of happiness - indeed paradise - through all things "fishological", which include travelling about and stillness, people and solitude, childhood ... read more
LW is first class on catastrophic events - his book on 9/11 won a Pulitzer. Now he shows how political incompetence and cynicism caused mortality ten times greater than US combat deaths in V... read more
An exploration of the friendship and rivalry of these two poets, who met weekly at the Ritz (for a while) to discuss sex, suicide, mental health and other mutual preoccupations.