Elizabeth Spearing 
Counterfeit Ladies [PDF ebook] 
The Life and Death of Moll Cutpurse and the Case of Mary Carleton

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction In this groundbreaking new book, Thomas Page Mc Bee, a trans man, trains to fight in a charity match at Madison Square Garden while strugglin …

Before Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, there was the one-fingered, cunning Giuseppe Morello and his murderous coterie of brothers. Had it not been for Morello, the world may never have heard of »men of …

‘Shocking in its disclosures, elegantly crafted, and faultlessly measured in its judgments.’-Roger Morris, author of Richard Milhous Nixon and Partners in Power How did the deeply flawed George W. Bu …

Edmund Burke’s iconic stance against the French Revolution and its supposed Enlightenment inspiration, has ensured his central role in debates about the nature of modernity and freedom. It has now be …

Julian Vosper-Smith is a cad and a seducer, a wit and a raconteur. Every man wants to be him and every girl wants to shag him, and now you too can share in his success. Follow his amusing stories and …

This book brings a novel focus to social history. It is a study of a "group family" — an extended family closely structured though marriages that were either internal or with trusted assoc …

No one did political corruption quite like Rod Blagojevich. The 40th governor of Illinois made international headlines in 2008 when he was roused from his bed and arrested by the FBI at his Chicago h …

In this fascinating follow-up to the highly successful Dear Francesca, Mary Contini writes to her other daughter, Olivia, to tell the story of her great-grandparents, the humble Italian shepherds who …

Biographies of two 17th-century female criminals, both celebrated in their day. These are the first editions published since the 17th century. …