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

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or …

The Roman emperor Nero is remembered by history as the vain and immoral monster who fiddled while Rome burned. Champlin reinterprets Nero s enormities on their own terms, as the self-conscious perfor …

First Published in 1985 Britain and Joseph Chamberlain is not simply the first biography of Joseph Chamberlain to be written from a radical standpoint but also an exercise in ‘counter -history’. What …

In Two Marriages: From Paradise to Hell and Back Again, Jette tells the story of her journey through love and heartbreak. The first third of the book is written from the perspective of a narrator and …

It’s 1996, apartheid is in its death throes, I meet Daniel by chance in Johannesburg. Together we hatch a plan to escape the country and embark on a road trip across the USA. It is clear we are tryin …

Graham Logie was brought up in Bruichladdich in the 1960s. This book tells how, as the Distillery Manager’s son, he saw village life, and the special access he had to the distillery.The 1960s probabl …

"Lydia Knight’s History" by means of Susa Young Gates is a compelling narrative that brings to life the awesome reviews of Lydia Knight, a courageous and resilient pioneer woman. Susa Young …

"Life of David W. Patten" is a biographical account written through Lycurgus A. Wilson, losing mild at the compelling and regularly unnoticed lifestyles of David W. Patten, a distinguished …

Ozawa Ichirō is one of the most important figures in Japanese politics, having held the positions of Chief Secretary of the Liberal Democrat Party and, after defection from the LDP, President of the …

_______________ ”A riveting memoir about high society, alcohol and the corrosive effects of wealth” – Sunday Times ”Impossible to put down … Never before has so much bad behaviour by people who …