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Biographical Sketches (4th edition)

”A diary is an assassin”s cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen”, wrote William Soutar in 1934. But a diary is also a place for recording everyday thoughts and special …

Hermann Hesse, winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, is now acknowledged internationally as one of the major writers of this century. His books, which have become best-sellers, appeal partic …

The Life of Cesare Borgia: A History and Some Criticisms by Rafael Sabatini provides a detailed historical biography of Cesare Borgia, a controversial figure in Renaissance Italy. Sabatini explores t …

William Crookes” long life was one of unbroken scientific and business activity, culminating in his appointment as President of the Royal Society in 1913. Throughout his career he was an important s …

Robert Stephenson, the leading engineer of the mid-nineteenth century whose substantial public works brought about considerable social change is now the subject of this excellent new biography: Rober …

Michael Foot”s two-volume biography of Aneurin ”Nye” Bevan (1897-1960) – arguably Britain”s greatest socialist, indelibly associated with the founding of the National Health Service, – is one of …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE, THE JHALAK PRIZE, THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AND THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD Saturday, 23rd November 2013. It was just another day in America. And as befits a …

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 …

Khalil Maleki (1901–1969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran. His was a unique approach to politics, prioritising the criticism of policies detriment …