Andrew Lang 
Alfred Tennyson 

What do you do when the person you’re meant to trust the most in the world is the one trying to destroy you? ‘When people met her they thought how lovely she was, this attractive woman with a beautif …

”I think you have something here” I said, ”This could lead to a whole new way of understanding criminal behaviour. As far as I know no one”s ever tried to figure out why serial killers kill. The …

A fascinating portrait of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the darkest figures of Hitler”s elite, featuring words with those who knew him best, including in-depth and rare interviews with his wife, Lina. H …

This nostalgic and absorbing memoir tells the story of a real-life female police detective in post-war Britain, as she navigates a man”s world. It”s 1956, and the Berkshire Constabulary has never h …

They are often our best friends and share a special bond with us. But what if your dog was more than just a pet? In Dogs for Life, we share the stories of animals with very important jobs to do. …

Too big for the Primary School reps, and in his day the tallest man to have played on Lancaster Park, Nugget Pringle won Wellington caps in his first season of senior rugby with the Oriental Club, an …

First published in 1989, Henry Fielding is a biography presenting a fresh interpretation of Fielding’s life and thought. Using newly discovered information, including new facts, three hitherto unknow …

Reginald Pole (1500-1558), cardinal and archbishop of Canterbury, was at the centre of reform controversies in the mid 16th century – antagonist of Henry VIII, a leader of the reform group in the …

In Ten Bridges I”ve Burnt, Brontez Purnell – the bard of the underloved and overlooked – turns his gaze inward. A storyteller with a musical eye for the absurdity of his own existence, he is …