Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
Poisoner, besotted mother, despot, necromancer, engineer of a massacre: the stain on the name of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In th…
Biography and Memoir
Andrew Carnegie
A New York Times bestseller! “Beautifully crafted and fun to read.” —Louis Galambos, The Wall Street Journal “Nasaw’s research is extraordin…
Shakespeare: The Biography
Peter Ackroyd's method is to position Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, he not only conjures up the texture of Sha…
Madame Curie: A Biography
This story was published serially under the title: Marie Curie, my mother.
Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man Who Invented the 20th Century
If you want to learn about one of history’s most fascinating minds and uncover some of his secrets of imagination—secrets that enabled him t…
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
The Man Who Knew Infinity is the true story of a friendship between Srinivasa Ramanujan and G.H. Hardy that forever changed mathematics. In …
The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
With warmth, wit, and good cheer, Standiford shows how the unlikely success of A Christmas Carol revitalized Charles Dickens's languishing c…
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New…
The Monk of Mokha
From the best-selling author of The Circle - the gripping true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of …
Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery and Murder in Medieval England
“Gripping . . . a highly readable tour de force that brings Queen Isabella vividly to life.”—The Washington Post Book World An “insightful a…
Hannibal: The Enemy of Rome
Originally published: Enemy of Rome. London: Evans Bros., 1960.
Galileo: A Life
A suspenseful narrative and spiritive rendition of the life of Galileo.
Mary Shelley
‘The most dazzling biography of a female writer to have come my way for a decade…' – Financial Times ‘To be savoured for its vivid and sympa…
Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius
"The remarkable story of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), an impoverished abandoned boy who became the notorious libertine, famous writer, and …
Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured
The profoundly inspiring and fully documented saga of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl whose "voices" moved her to rally the French natio…
Under a Rock
Chris Stein, co-founder and guitarist of Blondie, reveals the untold story behind the band’s rise and the vibrant New York punk scene in thi…
Unleashed
A candid and unrestrained memoir by former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, revealing the high-stakes decisions and crises of his leadership…
Didion & Babitz
An intimate exploration of the complex friendship and rivalry between two iconic American writers, Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, revealing a h…
Goethe: His Faustian Life
A. N. Wilson's vibrant biography explores Goethe as a genius polymath whose insatiable curiosity shaped modern Western thought, focusing on …
Naked Portrait
Naked Portrait is a gripping memoir by Rose Boyt that explores her complex relationship with her father, the legendary painter Lucian Freud,…
Experience
Martin Amis delves into his complex relationship with his father, Kingsley Amis, and the haunting legacy of his cousin Lucy Partington, offe…
Levels of Life
Julian Barnes weaves together the stories of a pioneering balloonist, a colonel smitten with Sarah Bernhardt, and his own profound journey t…
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
A raw and hilarious memoir about growing up in an unconventional household, Jeanette Winterson's story is a testament to resilience and the …