Nonfiction
The Deadly Sisterhood
After her much lauded biography of Catherine de’ Medici, Frieda has shifted her chronological focus back a few years and…
Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor
This new biography of Nancy, Lady Astor (1879-1964) charts her astonishing life with wit and a lively intelligence. She was…
The People Speak
You probably know Colin Firth better as an actor than an author, so it may be no surprise to learn…
Capital Crimes: Seven Centuries of London Life and Murder
London, as one of the world’s principal cities for many years, has been the focus for incalculable crimes and misdemeanours,…
Return of a King
In the spring of 1839, British forces invaded Afghanistan for the first time, ostensibly to re-establish Shah Shuja ul-Malik on…
Island: How Islands Transform the World
Island is a compact but dense study of ocean islands from cultural, biological, geological, literary, and historical perspectives. There is…
Royal Romances
The goings-on of history’s royal families are of perennial interest to those not lucky enough to born a prince or…
Foundation: The History of England from its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
This volume is the first in an anticipated six-volume history Ackroyd is writing following England from its first inhabitants to…
Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household
Queen Victoria presided over a vast household of servants, but this is not a book about the drudgery of scullery…
Darwin’s Ghosts
Darwin was famously troubled by his discovery of evolution by survival of the fittest, which set him at odds with…
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