Following on from his epic '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow', bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna.
The bestselling author of 'Maharanis' recreates the lives of six remarkable women who, in a time of violent revolution, leapt at the chance to exercise their considerable charm, intelligence and acumen, and make their mark on history.
From rebels to writers, athletes to astronauts, join Kate Fox takes on an entertaining and eye-opening journey through the lives of these extraordinary women whose lives and achievements have too long been hidden.
This extraordinary re-creation of the life of a medieval Italian merchant, Francesco di Marco Datini, is one of the greatest historical portraits written in the twentieth century.
Liz Truss's journey from schoolgirl revolutionary to Britain's shortest-serving Prime MinisterThe Sunday Times Politics Book of the YearA Guardian Politics Book of the Year 2023'An insightful and at times riotously entertaining account of the lengthy rise and abrupt fall of Britain's 56th Prime Minister.
California Governor Gavin Newsom's intimate and poignant account of identity, belonging, and the defining moments that inspired a life in politics Go slow, his political elders advised him, but Gavin Newsom has never known such a speed.
The Night Innocence Was Taken, And Truth Fought Its Way BackIn the heart of New York City, five boys were swallowed by a storm they did not create, a storm of fear, media frenzy, and a justice system under pressure to find answers at any cost.
Malcolm X: The Fire That Refused to Be Extinguished chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the most influential, polarizing, and transformative figures in modern history.
He Saw the End Before the World Did… and Made It RealIn the shadows of modern Japan, one man rose from obscurity to become a self-proclaimed prophet of apocalypse.
Frantz Fanon: The Mind That Ignited Revolutions tells the story of one of the most fearless thinkers of the twentieth century a psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary whose ideas reshaped the fight against colonial oppression and the understanding of race, identity, and liberation.
Eine Frau, die sich uber Konventionen, Dogmen und patriarchale Machtstrukturen radikal hinwegsetzt: als Frau, als Nonne, als Schriftstellerin, als Rebellin.
Fritz Axtmann: Der Weg eines RitterkreuztragersDiese Biografie zeichnet das bewegte Leben von Fritz Axtmann nach, einem jungen Mann aus der Oberpfalz, dessen Schicksal untrennbar mit den dramatischen Ereignissen des 20.
Kleopatra war weit mehr als eine verfuhrerische Schonheit - sie war eine brillante Strategin, eine gebildete Herrscherin und eine der machtigsten Frauen der Antike.
"e;Die Trummerfrauen - Die Stadt erwacht neu"e; erzahlt die ungeschonte Geschichte einer Stadt im Schatten des Zweiten Weltkriegs und ihrer Wiedergeburt durch unerschutterliche Frauen.
Kleopatra verstand etwas, das ihre Zeitgenossen unterschatzten: Verfuhrung war keine Schwache, sondern eine Waffe - und sie beherrschte diese Kunst meisterhaft.
Con frecuencia admirado como modelo de sabiduria e integridad, Tomas Moro ocupa un lugar preeminente en la historia de la intelectualidad por tres razones: por su clasico latino, Utopia, que hasta hoy es avidamente leido; por el patron particular de erudicion, santidad y servicio publico que establecio en su vida, y que ha fascinado durante siglos a escritores e historiadores, y por el lugar significativo que sus escritos ocupan en la historia de la lengua y de la literatura.
Gaius Julius Caesar remains history's most examined paradox-brilliant general and ruthless autocrat, reformer and demagogue, victim of assassination and architect of his own murder.
