One summer, Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way - a challenging 256-mile route usually approached from south to north, with the sun, wind and rain at your back. …
Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experimenters, tradesmen and artisans who met and made friends in the Midlands in the …
Ed Moloney's Voices from the Grave follows his highly acclaimed A Secret History of the IRA, the best-informed account yet written of the IRA's evolution from ruthless guerilla …
An eye-opening portrait of an enthralling group of royal servants, Courtiers throws new light on the dramatic life of George II and Queen Caroline and their court at Kensington …
A bold and brilliant short work by the author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny.'A little masterpiece.' Irish Times'Luminous.' Observer'One of our most exciting …
Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two …
'A master psychologist - cycling's answer to Brian Clough.' MARK CAVENDISHThe inside story of Mark Cavendish's Rainbow Jersey Winning World Title of 2011Twenty five years ago, …
Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale by Miranda Seymour.'A seductive model of elegant scholarship.' Sue Gaisford, Independent'A kind of blissography, teeming with bon mots.' …
In his preface to the 1998 reissue, Michael Foot wrote, 'Guilty Men was conceived by three London journalists who had formed the habit of meeting on the roof of the Evening …
'Highly readable, exciting and thought-provoking' - Hilary Mantel'A gem of blood-and-thunder storytelling' - Dominic SandbrookIn medieval England, man was the ruler of woman, and …
