Biographies & Memoirs

The unforgettable memoir from the bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie.

A memoir of growing up amidst a group of the most brilliant intellectuals of a generation - now in paperback.

** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER ** ** FEATURED ON BBC ARTS' BETWEEN THE COVERS ** Award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans - sex, power and money. 'A genuinely hilarious explanation of the science of sex' FRANKIE BOYLE 'I've never read a book ...

A moving, portrait of depression, from the host of the podcast The Hilarious World of Depression "This book is an excellent life raft for those of us who are so sure that we are alone in our struggles. You should read it." —Jenny Lawson "A funny, honest book about depression, and what you can do despite ...

Deep down, I feel just as genderqueer after the physical changes as before. I believe that there are as many gender identities as there are people; all unique, all constantly being explored in conscious and unconscious ways

How Britain's most famous female poet invented herself and defied her times.

Fictional biography featuring real photographs from Sonya Tolstoy's life

A century after his novels first came out, E.M. Forster remains one of the most widely read and best-loved authors of the twentieth century. He made his name with novels such as 'A Room with a View' and 'Howards End', which, with their detailed analyses of English snobbery and racism, established him ...

Serving as a perfect introduction to this well-known French writer, Flaubert scholar Meryl Tyers’ work covers the remarkable life of the renowned author of Madame Bovary and A Sentimental Education. Accompanying Memoirs of a Madman and November, both published by Hesperus, this highly informative work ...

"Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857. After finishing school he became a sailor, an experience that he would later draw upon in novels such as Hear of Darkness." "Gavin Griffiths traces the history of this intriguing man from his early childhood in Poland, through his exotic, arduous years ...

Well known for her novels To The Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, and the feminist work A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf led an intriguing and often difficult life that is fascinatingly portrayed in this new biography from Woolf scholar David Bradshaw. The author looks at Woolf’s work in the light of ...

In this biography, Melisa Klimaszewski situates the writer within his own milieu and shows how his work sparks new understandings of Victorian life and letters.

After a childhood marked by loss and grief, Hölderlin studied theology in the illustrious company of Hegel and Schelling, before concentrating on poetry and writing his most famous work, Hyperion. But, afflicted by the pressures of life and a doomed love affair, he gradually went mad, and spent the ...

The extraordinary true love story of a couple who were separated during a shameful and fascinating chapter of British history.

Erica Fischer's Over the Ocean tells the extraordinary story of her own parents and sheds light on a little-known and little-discussed chapter in British history. Fischer's ...

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.

The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most enduring and bestselling books of all time, yet its history is as complex as it is contested. For the first time, this is the extraordinary true story behind the book, its publication and its significance.

Written by the author of "Writing Home", this book presents his family memoir recalling the marriage of his parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts, and the uncovering of a long-held family secret, travelling into his past.

A collection of intimate and explosive essays on literature, life, history, politics and place from the award-winning author of Go, Went, Gone and The End of Days.

Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world.