автор: Mary S. Lovell

The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart — and hormones — ruled her head.’ Harpers and Queen A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married L …

‘A sensational saga’ Mail on Sunday’A cracking read’ Lynn Barber, Observer’Engrossing from beginning to end’ Vogue’Fascinating, the way all great family stories are fascinating’ New York Times Book R …

When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish — internationally famous, a daring and pioneering aviator, and ambassador extraordinary for the United …

A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era — next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in England Bess of Hardwick, born into the most brutal and turbulent period of Engla …

There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles’, so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough — soldier of genius, restless empire-builder and …

The legend of Betty Pack is simple enough. She was a beautiful American spy recruited first by the British Secret lntelligence Service in 1938 and later by the American OSS. Her method of obtaining i …

‘The best account yet available of this shrewd, enigmatic and remarkable woman.’—Sunday Times [London] From the author of The Sisters, a chronicle of the most brutal, turbulent, and exuberant period …

‘Fascinating, the way all great family stories are fascinating.’—Robert Gottlieb, New York Times Book Review This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe …

The epic story of one of England’s greatest families, focusing on the towering figure of Winston Churchill. The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace …

The New York Times bestseller: “Every page is filled with revelations, gossip and fascinating details about Markham.”—Diane Ackerman, The New York Times Book Review Born in England and raised in Keny …

An ‘extraordinary biography’ (New York Times Book Review) of a brilliant pair of adventurers. Their marriage was both improbable and inevitable. Isabel Arundell was a schoolgirl, the scion of England …

Richard Francis Burton war ein brillanter Denker, Gelehrter, Abenteurer und Forscher und ist eine der interessantesten und schillerndsten Persönlichkeiten des 19. Jahrhunderts. Er beherrschte 29 Spra …