Lucinda Byatt
The Good Hope
William Heinesen was a native of the Faeroe Islands – where this book is set – although he wrote in…
Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
This is a story you might think you know already, also thanks to Alan Moorehead’s two books published fifty years…
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began
There was something serendipitous about reading this book in a week that modern scientists took a step closer to the…
The Tea Lords
Haasse’s books have achieved classic status in her native Netherlands, and this is the first to be translated for 15…
The Popes: A History
Anyone with a passing interest in church history – and that really means European, indeed world history – will be…
The Favourite: Sir Walter Ralegh in Elizabeth l’s Court
Lyons’ account of Ralegh, a “self-seeking, self-publicizing butterfly”, his early life and meteoric rise to become Elizabeth’s favourite also offers…
Venetian Navigators: The Voyages of the Zen Brothers to the Far North
Strands of serendipity weave through the various levels on which this book is written: to start with di Robilant’s chance…
Catherine of Aragon, Henry’s Spanish Queen
This major biography adds a refreshing new focus by using extensive material from Spanish sources. The picture that emerges of…
Catherine of Aragon: Henry’s Spanish Queen
This major biography adds a refreshing new focus by using extensive material from Spanish sources. The picture that emerges of…
Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One
This fascinating book pieces together what little is known about Gautama, the historical Buddha who lived – in accordance with…
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