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'There is a theory that any woman can be rescued from the shoals of failure and despair by finding some man to ask her in marriage, but before I could...

Think you already know the story of Charles Dickens' life? Think again. Almost everything you're familiar with was first mentioned in an authorised biography written by Dickens' close friend John...

Bill Bryson's biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of our greatest poet and playwright. Ever since he took the theatre of Elizabethan...

Goodbye Christopher Robin is drawn from Ann Thwaite's acclaimed biography of A. A. Milne, one of the most successful English writers ever, and the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, and of Piglet,...

_______________ 'Curtis spent a decade trying to negotiate her way past possessive Soviet archivists, and the result of her persistence is the most comprehensive selection of personal documents so far...

An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that "if you...

George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment...

Pronounced guilty of libel and sentenced to a year in prison, novelist Emile Zola went on the run. Zola's crime had been to defend a wrongly convicted man, in what...

Herman Melville was born into a family that in the fledgling republic had lost both money and status. Toughened at sea as a young man, he returned home to chronicle...

'Poignant and fiercely intelligent, this is the best work of creative non-fiction I have read in years' FIONA MOZLEY 'Profound, moving and courageous' IRISH TIMES 'Stimulating and often engaging ....

Everyone knows Frank Herbert's Dune . This science fiction epic combines politics human evolution and ecology and has captured the imagination of generations of readers. It is one of the...

Now the basis for the acclaimed film Memories of My Father , directed by Fernando Trueba. "An irreplaceable testimony of the struggle for democracy and tolerance in Latin America." --El...

In this vividly rendered and empathetic biography of two of the greatest poets of the 20 th century-Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton-"the friendship and rivalry that the pair shared-not to...

In this remarkable book, Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of Shakespeare in a Divided America , explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe...

Part biography, part detective story- the extraordinary life of the eccentric writer Frederick Baron Corvo One summer afternoon A.J.A. Symons is handed a peculiar novel called Hadrian the Seventh and,...

This issue is a tribute to a brilliant career. There are contributions from academic colleagues, many of them grateful ex-students. There are contributions from senior writers who remain grateful for...

"Everyone who cares much for the largest-brained Englishwoman who has written will read this biography with interest. For popular purposes, the book is indeed all that can be desired" -...

This work starts with an introduction by J.H. Stape, St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill. Written in 1930, "Bernard Shaw: An Unauthorised Biography" (1930) appeared shortly after Frank Harris' death....

Think you already know the story of Charles Dickens' life? Think again. Almost everything you're familiar with was first mentioned in an authorised biography written by Dickens' close friend John...

'Superb... Beautifully written and thoroughly researched' - Guardian A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of...

After arriving in London just before the Second World War as a penniless and friendless Austrian-Jewish refugee, George Weidenfeld went on to transform not only the world of publishing but...

On 25 February 1956, twenty-three-year-old Sylvia Plath walked into a party and immediately spotted Ted Hughes. The sensational aspects of the Plath-Hughes relationship have dominated the cultural landscape to such...

The page-turning biography of an Australian woman who refused to bend to the expectations of her husband and her time. Julia Sorell was an original. A colonial belle from Tasmania,...

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was the greatest writer in a Britain that ruled the largest empire the world has known, yet he was always a controversial figure, as deeply hated as...

This is a strikingly inventive and unusual portrait of the most successful English writer for children until JK Rowling, Enid Blyton, who entertained millions worldwide with her myriad adventure stories...

After arriving in London just before the Second World War as a penniless and friendless Austrian-Jewish refugee, George Weidenfeld went on to transform not only the world of publishing but...

Play cards with the Brontes, from their friends and family to their most famous characters. From Cathy and Heathcliff to Patrick Bronte and Aunt Branwell. This playing card deck features...

If there is a literary gene, then the Waugh family most certainly has it-and it clearly seems to be passed down from father to son. The first of the literary...

"A great and calamitous sequence of arguments with the universe: poignant, terrifying, ludicrous, and brilliant. The Exegesis is the sort of book associated with legends and madmen, but Dick wasn't...

A critical evaluation of Philip Roth--the first of its kind--that takes on the man, the myth, and the work Philip Roth is one of the most renowned writers of our...

The definitive portrait of one of the twentieth century's most towering figures- her writing and her radical thought, her public activism and her private face. Susan Sontag was our last...

Poetess, fallen woman and wit, Laetitia Pilkington spent her life as close to fame as she was near to ruin. Favoured by, among others, the newly celebrated Jonathan Swift in...

Wiradjuri woman, Anita Heiss, is arguably one of the first Aboriginal Australian authors of popular fiction. A focus on the political characterises her chick lit; and her identity as an...

In his classic autobiography A. A. Milne, with his characteristic self-deprecating humour, recalls a blissfully happy childhood in the company of his brothers, and writes with touching affection about the...

'An army of bitchy, backstabbing, rivalrous literary greats inhabit this energetic history... Loxley's voice is energetic and enthused' The Times 'I enjoyed being transported, through Loxley's vignettes, to various corners...

WINNER OF THE 2018 JG-WINGATE PRIZE A psychologically acute memoir about an unusual Hollywood family by Michael Frank, who brings Proustian acuity and razor-sharp prose to family dramas as primal,...

Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923-2014) wrote brilliant novels about what love can do to people, but in her own life the lasting relationship she sought so ardently always eluded her. She...

This Hemingway memoir completes A.E. Hotchner's international blockbuster Papa Hemingway, originally published fifty years ago. Hemingway in Love includes material previously withheld from publication, illustrated by photographs drawn from Hotchner's...

n MY BOOKSTORE our favorite writers-from Elin Hilderbrand, to John Grisham, to Dave Eggers-express their adoration and admiration for their favorite bookstores and booksellers. The relationship between a writer and...

It's the summer of 1936, and the writer Stefan Zweig is in crisis. His German publisher no longer wants him, his marriage is collapsing, and his house in Austria-searched by...

Discover the true story behind the creation of the world's most beloved nanny, now appearing in Disney's Mary Poppins Returns . Mary Poppins flew into the lives of the Banks...

In this delightful and touching autobiography, the creator of the Rumpole series and author of the bestselling Paradise Postponed continues the story he began in his beloved Clinging to the...

From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers. In the style of her memoir Girl...

'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff 'Witty, fresh and full of life' Liv Little 'I can't recommend more highly......

Winner of the Crime Fest HRF Keating Award'Not merely the conclusive homage to a compulsively fascinating character, but an insightful study into the biographical process itself' Nicholas Shakespeare'Now that he...

'A brilliant biography - John Sutherland has brought Monica Jones to life as she deserves.' Claire Tomalin ' I couldn't put it down. Vivid and penetrating, it's a brilliant portrait...

'I wanted to climb inside this book and live there' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE 'This witty, fascinating book is a delight. Read it' MIRIAM MARGOLYES 'Superb, sparky and reflective' The Spectator 'Gender...