Beautiful heiress, accomplished flirt, aristocratic hostess, tragic mother, and Edwardian icon, Ettie Desborough is a fascinating but forgotten figure. She has been celebrated in countless memoirs but
Beautiful heiress, accomplished flirt, aristocratic hostess, tragic mother, and Edwardian icon, Ettie Desborough is a fascinating but forgotten figure. She has been celebrated in countless memoirs but
What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examin
Focusing on the personalities and life stories of passengers and crew, this new narrative history of the voyage of the Titanic explores the personal tragedies of the disaster and provides readers with
A masterful biography of one of the greatest English poets and most compelling literary figures of the 20th century, Auden is the first to take the full measure of the poet's achievements, his insatia
In 1947, 33-year-old historian Hugh Trevor-Roper and 82-year-old world-famous art critic Bernard Berenson met for the first time. Trevor-Roper promised to write to Berenson, and his letters continued
It has been one hundred years since the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in the North Atlantic, yet worldwide fascination with the epic tragedy remains as strong as ever. With Voyagers of the Ti
Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format. Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both refle
From the bestselling author of 'An English Affair', a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greatest economist of the twentieth century. John Maynard Keynes is the man
From the bestselling and award-winning author of 'An English Affair', a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greatest economist of the twentieth century. John Maynard
One May night in 1922, in a grand hotel in Paris, five the greatest artists of the twentieth century sat down to supper. It would be the only time that Joyce and Proust, Picasso, Diaghilev and Stravin
What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examin
Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, a brilliantly written history, accompanied by black-and-white photos, focuses on the passengers and illuminates the hero
Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, ‘An English Affair’ is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.
In Universal Man, noted biographer and historian Richard Davenport-Hines revives our understanding of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), the twentieth century’s most charismatic and revolutionary econom
The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackLike his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalities o
