The Women of the Cousins' War: The Du...
Philippa GregoryElizabeth Woodville, The White Queen (2009), Margaret Beaufort, The Red Queen (2010), and Jacquetta, Lady Rivers, The Rivers Woman (2011) are the subjects of the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series, and of the...
Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchi...
Gretchen RubinA WALL STREET JOURNAL SUMMER PICKA WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLERWarrior and writer, genius and crank, rider in the British cavalry's last great charge and inventor of the tank, Winston Churchill led Britain to fight alone against Nazi Ge...
Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's ...
Joanna DennyA new biography that reveals the truth about Anne Boleyn- intelligent, literate, and devout-as well as the truth about her king and his court-violent, scheming, and profane No English queen has enjoyed such notoriety as Anne Boleyn, ...
Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marria...
Phyllis RoseIn her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses as examples the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor.
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life ...
Janet WallachTurning away from the privileged world of the 'eminent Victorians,' Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) explored, mapped, and excavated the world of the Arabs. Recruited by British intelligence during World War I, she played a crucial role in...
Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, ...
Jane DunnThe political and religious conflicts between Queen Elizabeth I and the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots, have for centuries captured our imagination and inspired memorable dramas played out on stage, screen, and in opera. But few books ha...
Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the In...
Julia FoxIn a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner circle of King Henry VIII. As powerful men and women around her became victims of Henry's ruthless and absolute power, including her own...
Spymistress: The True Story of the Gr...
William StevensonHere is the extraordinary account of the woman whose intelligence, beauty and unflagging dedication proved the key in turning the tide of WWII.She was beautiful. She was ruthless. She had a steel trap for a mind and a will of iron. Bo...
Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Thron...
David StarkeyIn this spirited United Kingdom bestseller, Starkey presents a brilliant examination of the formative years of the 'Virgin Queen, ' recreating a host of extravagant characters, mad-cap schemes, and tragic plots, while using original d...
Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I,...
Stephen BudianskyQueen Elizabeth I and England's First Spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham's official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England's first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely lo...
The anecdotes are wonderful. The Knox Brothers...provides a striking insight into the elusive nature of Fitzgerald's genius.' -New York Times. Here is a biography whose eccentric genius perfectly matches that of its subjects. Penelop...
Following the account of his childhood and early years at sea in A Steady Trade, Tristan Jones looks back on his time spent "below decks" in the Royal Navy during World War II. The year is 1940. Upon his discharge from a ...
The Firm: The Troubled Life of the Ho...
Penny JunorThe House of Windsor: Is it a hangover from the past, an expensive anachronism, a relic of a bygone age of deference and hierarchy, or is it as important and relevant as ever? However you look at it, the royal family is a big business...
The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, ...
Joshua KendallIn the tradition of The Professor and the Madman, a "brisk and vivid"( Los Angeles Times) account of an obsessive scholar. Polymath, eccentric, and synonym aficionado, Peter Mark Roget had a host of female admirers, was one ...
The Code of Love: An Astonishing True...
Andro LinklaterFor fifty years, Pamela Kirrage longed to unlock the secrets of her husband's encrypted war diary. She was on the verge of giving up when she at last found a mathematician who became as obsessed with learning the secrets of the diary ...
Robert the Bruce: King of Scots
Ronald McNair ScottRobert the Bruce is one of the great heroic figures of history. When, after years of struggle, Scotland was reduced to a vassal state by Edward I of England it was Bruce who, supported by the Scottish Church and a group of devoted fol...