Biography & Autobiography. History. Nonfiction. De vita Caesarum, known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies, each...

One of the most popular works of American literature, this charming self-portrait has been translated into nearly every language. It...

Shakespeare's Gardens is a highly illustrated, informative book about the gardens that William Shakespeare knew as a boy and tended...

The private life of Marie Antionette

This superb new collection of photographs shows a fascinating variety of blues, folk and rock performers as they appeared at...

A dazzling new biography of Wordsworth's radical life as a thinker and poetical innovator, published to mark the 250th anniversary...

Modern Women is a celebration of some of the­ influential and inspiring women who have changed the world through their...

A sumptuous guide to the art of Henry VIII - and what his collection of paintings and artworks reveal about...

Scholarly responses to Henry Miller's works have never been numerous and for many years Miller was not a fashionable writer...

Heirs of Ambition: The Making of the Boleyns uncovers the story and the family behind England’s most obsessed-over queen, Anne...

A reassessment of the part Churchill played in WWII, and how his actions really affected those he led

A look at the mysterious and troubled man behind legend and idol, Kurt Cobain, commemorating 30 years since his youthful...

Follow every step of David Bowie’s career; from Ziggy Stardust to Tin Machine, from “Space Oddity” to Let’s Dance to...

Ingmar Bergman was the last and arguably the greatest of the old-style European auteurs and his influence across all areas...

Continuing his memoirs of his time on Sir Charles Buckley's estate, James Aden deals with obstacles from the discovery of...