Biography and Memoir
Apollinaire In The Great War, 1914–18
Apollinaire in The Great War draws heavily on Guillaume Apollinaire’s writings to tell the story of ..
Bess Of Hardwick: Portrait Of An Elizabethan Dynast
The fascinating biography of an extraordinary woman that will be essential reading for anyone with a..
Edith Piaf: The Wheel of Fortune - The Official Autobiography
Step inside the world of Europe's premier chanteuse Edith Piaf's life is almost as famous as her wo..
Final Draft – Reflections on Life
A collection of essays on all manner of subjects great and small, from the popular and prolific writ..
Finding Nemon: The Extraordinary Life of the Outsider Who Sculpted the Famous
SEPTEMBER 2018ISBN: 9780720620375Format: HardbackThe first biography of sculptor Oscar Nemon (1906–1..
Gold: The Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter
‘Cendrars’ first novel remains a minor masterpiece.’ – Times Literary Supplement In January 1848 Jo..
H.g. Wells: Another Kind Of Life
The authoritative biography of H.G. Wells. When H.G. Wells left school at the age of thirteen he lo..
Hermann Hesse: The Classic Biography
The life and work of one of the twentieth century's greatest and most inspirational writers. Herman..
I Love You Madly: Marie Antoinette and Count Fersen — The Secret Letters
Delve deeper into the world of the BBC hit drama series Versailles, and discover the real Marie-Anto..
Immoral Memories: An Autobiography
Vivid, eccentric and free-ranging, Immoral Memories is written in a style reminiscent of the brillia..
In The Shadow Of The Dreamchild: The Myth And Reality Of Lewis Carroll
“We are nearer now than before, I think, to the man who wrote Alice.” — David McKie, Guardian In th..
Incest: The Unexpurgated Diaries of Anaïs Nin
‘The turbulence of the prose, compared with that of the previous diaries, fully conveys a life lived..
Mervyn Peake: The Man And His Art
A unique illustrated memoir of one of the most multi-talented artists of the twentieth century. Bes..
Mervyn Peake’s Vast Alchemies: The Illustrated Biography
‘By far the best biography I’ve read of Peake, and closest to the reality that I perceived.’ – Micha..
My Contemporaries
Jean Cocteau's personal reminiscences and drawings of his esteemed contemporaries from a generation ..
My Life
Marc Chagall's My Life is the artist's strange autobiographical essay on his early life, which has e..