Biography: historical, political & military

In this gripping work of contemporary history, one of Britain's leading political and social commentators maps Boris Johnson's time in power across ten decisive moments and sheds light on the most divisive and inscrutable prime minister since Margaret Thatcher. Based on major interviews with key ...

In this gripping work of contemporary history, one of Britain's leading political and social commentators maps Boris Johnson's time in power across ten decisive moments and sheds light on the most divisive and inscrutable prime minister since Margaret Thatcher. Based on major interviews with key ...

Josephine Tey was the pen-name of Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952). Born in Inverness, MacKintosh lived several 'lives': best known as Golden Age Crime Fiction writer Josephine Tey, she was also successful novelist and playwright Gordon Daviot. At one point, she had plays on simultaneously in the...

An authoritative study of a man who now stands on the brink of becoming Britain's next Prime Minister. If he succeeds, Starmer will be the first Labour leader in a generation to win power, even though most voters still say they don't know much about him. It not only tells Starmer's story but also...

This authoritative biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with the Prime Minister himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, and his oldest friends and closest colleagues. Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story f...

Hanged by the Nigerian government on 10 November 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr for the Ogoni people, a human rights activists and a symbol of modern Africans' struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power and environmental exploitation. Hanged by the Nigerian government on Novembe...

The gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret Thatcher and to wiping out the British Cabinet - an extraordinary assassination attempt linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles and the most daring conspiracy against the Crown since the Gunpowder Plot.

The gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret Thatcher and to wiping out the British Cabinet - an extraordinary assassination attempt linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles and the most daring conspiracy against the Crown since the Gunpowder Plot.

A man who was once licensed to kill, and in 1995 is qualifying to be a barrister, tells his story of a life in the Paras, the South African Special Forces, the SAS and the RUC. Harry McCallion left school at 16 with no qualifications. His father was a Glasgow gangster. He joined the Paras and ser...

This diary, which paints a unique picture of country life in Mid-Victorian times, has come to be recognised as a classic. It was kept from January 1870 until March 1879, and was closely written in 22 notebooks. Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. ...