Biographies & Memoirs

Who was the historical Muhammad, and how do Muslims remember him as a holy prophet, a cultural revolutionary, a military leader, or a spiritual mystic? Unending media coverage of extremist fanatics, the controversy over offensive cartoon depictions of Muhammad, and fatwas against journalists and authors ...

A compilation of stunning images and compelling stories by talented photographers from all over the world

Drawing on a wealth of never-before-seen material, including official records, Matt Hancock's notes at the time and communications with all the key players in Britain's Covid-19 story, this candid account reveals the inner workings of government during a time of national crisis.

Clive Irving skilfully probes the issue of the British monarchy's longevity and its undulating popularity with forensic insight.

'Gripping' Vogue'Empowering' Cosmopolitan'Joyful' Financial Times'Eye-popping' Daily Mail

When her 22-year-marriage suddenly ended, 47-year-old mother of three Laura expected life as she knew it to be over. What she hadn't expected:

'Extraordinary' Woman&Home

A Roaring Girl was loud when she should be quiet, disruptive when she should be submissive, sexual when she should be pure, 'masculine' when she should be 'feminine'.


Meet the unsung heroines of British history who refused ...

Sarah Forsyth is a survivor. This is her heartbreaking story.

The moving memoir of a Death-Row inmate who discovers Buddhism and becomes an inspirational role model for fellow inmates, guards, and a growing public.

In 1990, while serving a sentence in San Quentin for armed robbery, Jarvis Masters was implicated as an accessory in the murder of a prison guard. ...

The fiercely intelligent beauty who married the 9th Duke of Marlborough and both dazzled and puzzled the glittering social circles of the Belle Epoque in which she moved.

A luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile. 'Wonderful - a brave, inventive, touching distillation of memory and imagination' JENNY UGLOW

Born into the legendary Carnegie family, in which seriousmental illness has affected four generations of women,Millicent Monks' early childhood was lonely anddifficult. After a career in music she married and spenta year at Cambridge University where her husband was aFiske scholar. They have two children ...

'It utterly thrilled me. How wonderful to be shown so vividly that the end of a relationship is not the end of a life' Megan NolanBusy Being Free is the most romantic book you will ever read about the end of a relationship; a memoir about love and heartbreak, marriage and divorce and what comes after that

Sir Edgar Speyer was a conspicuous figure in the financial, cultural, social and political life of Edwardian London. Head of the syndicate which financed the construction of the deep 'tube lines' and 'King of the Underground', he was also a connoisseur and active patron of the arts who rescued the 'Proms' from collapse.

A memoir of a fundamentalist Muslim childhood and of redefining faith, belonging and family in adulthood

A humorous and sideways look at the lives of some of the great and eccentric economic minds.

Kilbane's autobiography is a proper life story of a stalwart of the beautiful game.

Is motherhood supposed to feel like this?

The first complete account of all places relevant to Churchill's life which provide fascinating and fresh insights into this extraordinary man.

The compelling true story of a woman who survived marriage to one of our most notorious serial killers.

This is the story not only of the head of a dynasty, but also a history of our times.