Laurie Notaro 
We Thought You Would Be Prettier 

First published in 2002. In this title, Edward B. D’Auvergne chronicles the life of Pierre Loti, written with fervent sympathy. We journey with Loti from Brittany to Constantinople, from China to …

‘Mind blowingly brilliant’ PHILIPPA PERRY ‘Few other writers have such passion for granular detail, intellectual heft and boundless curiosity’ THE TIMES ‘As suspenseful and pacy as an episode of …

‘Stephen Fisher is one of the best kept secrets in military history. With his wealth of knowledge and exacting eye for detail, his book on D-Day is sure to impress a vast audience’ Dan Snow’Stephen …

The quest for freedom has always been a defining characteristic of the American people. That neither constitutionalism nor capitalism has secured complete freedom for every person is demonstrated by …

First published in 1978. This biography aims solve the problem of the lack of access to information regarding American engineers and technologists of the nineteenth-century, whilst also providing …

Prime Minister Marcello Caetano was the successor of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. Considered the second most important figure of the Portuguese dictatorship (the Estado Novo regime, 1933-1974), Cae …

A story of persecution and survival brought to life in this biography of the author’s Huguenot ancestors, the Le Plastriers. Taken from family documents, books and letters, the first part of the book …

A remarkable first-person narrative by a sixteenth-century Iranian ruler, the Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I, Safavid Ruler of Iran (1514-1576), originally written in Persian, represent a vitally …