Historisk, politisk & militär

Han var 175 cm lång, vägde runt 70 kg, led av kroniska magbesvär och älskade chokladkaka. Han skrattade ofta så mycket att han vek sig dubbel och fick tårar i ögonen. Det förstår …

Whitney Straight made his own way in life. Born in New York with a silver spoon in his mouth, he would earn his living in the boardrooms of some of Britain’s greatest companies. He …

This richly detailed 1981 biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fully rounded picture of Newton the man, the scientist, …

Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin …

Anders Fogh Rasmussen – Danmarks statsminister fra 2001 til 2009 og NATOs generalsekretær fra 2009 til 2014 – fortæller her om tiden fra han blev medlem af Folketinget til han i …

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard'The second volume of …

Born in 1360, Jan Zizka was a formidable figure whose life and military career was set amidst the whirlwind of monumental revolutions - military, religious, political and social - …

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'A great, thrusting codpiece of a book. It is big, bombastic and richly brocaded... A jewel in its own right' The Times'Evokes the painter and his …

Elizabeth the Queen begins as the young Elizabeth I ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign - both a woman and a queen, Elizabeth's story is an …