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Review Vivid and compelling, with great evocation of the 1980s period. -- Peter James James Henry has done it again with another taut, highly atm...

The relationship of England and Scotland became defined by events on 9 September 1513 in a battle of great size, bloodshed and finality - the Battl...

Product Description Dear Mr Cornford, It is with regret that I begin the task of writing to you about your niece, Emily. Her recent behaviour, wh...

This work presents an intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of li...

It was Henry VIII who began the process of making England a first-rate sea-power. He inherited no more than seven warships from Henry VII, yet at h...

'A delightful insight into an eclectic life' The Daily Telegraph 'Very funny and astute . . . a loathly feast for royal-watchers' Hilary Mantel, ...

Product Description 'Scurrilous, scandalous and frequently disgusting. I absolutely loved it' James O'BrienTwitter hero James Felton brings you t...

In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates how, within a hundr...

Product Description When Nicolaus Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not stationary at the centre of the universe but circled the Sun, he ...

'The king of character comedy.' Good Housekeeping 'A lynchpin of British comedy.' Alan Moore The nation's favourite comedian opens up about two e...

The son of a brewer, Cromwell rose from obscurity to become Earl of Essex, Vice-Regent and High Chamberlain of England, Keep of the Privy Seal and ...

Historian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in Trinidad in the final ...

'A scary portrait of put-upon servants and potty aristos ... this is arguably the most riotously funny volume published this year' Max Hastings, S...

In Directing Herbert White James Franco writes about making a film of Frank Bidart's poem, Herbert White. Though the main character, Herbert White ...

A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy. On...

Review Over 20 films. Over 40 years. What collaboration in any medium has lasted so long, been so successful, so personal, so happy? James Ivo...

Review 'Unlike most biographers of such heroes of black music, McBride writes from inside the culture, loosely entwining his own story with that o...

The Tudors retained only a precarious grip on the crown of England, founded on a title that was both tenuous and legally flimsy. This left them pre...

For each book sold 50p will be paid to Comic Relief. Published in partnership with Comic Relief, Lenny Henry tells the inspiring story of the talen...