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The Lunar Men by Jenny Uglow is a vivid group portrait that brings to life the Lunar Society of Birmingham, a group of eighteenth-century amateur e...

Acclaimed historian Jenny Uglow brings us a fascinating and beautifully illustrated biography of Edward Lear, full of the colour of the age. Edwar...

A Daily Telegraph, Times, Evening Standard, TLS and Spectator Book of the Year. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize. Edward Lear is well-loved for hi...

Jenny Uglow narrates the story of Walter Crane, an intriguing and most prolific figure not only in illustration, but in political culture more broa...

A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, released ahead of the artist’s 90th birthday in December ...

Review A virtuoso global study of how nations were formed and constitutions written upends the familiar narrative at every turn ... As with al...

Review Enraptured, visionary, witty and erudite ― Daily TelegraphHis language is as rich as the flora he describes ... he makes his case utter...

The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of King Charles I in January 1649 is well known, as is the restoration of his eldest so...