Historical Biographies starting 1901

Lenin V3

By Robert Service

From Biplanes to Fast Jets: A pilot's life in the Royal Air Force 1942-1973

By Ken Aedy

Lady Sings the Blues

By Billie Holiday

Censored 1998: The Year's Top 25 Censored Stories

By Peter Phillips, Project Censored, Danny Schechter, Tom Tomorrow

When The Hills Ask For Your Blood: A Personal Stor

By David Belton

After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew

By Wilson, A.N.

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

By Judt, Tony

Kwame Nkrumah: A Political Kingdom in the Third World

By David Rooney

The South Country

By Edward Thomas, Eric Fitch Daglish, Robert Macfarlane, David Inshaw

Che Guevara: the definitive portrait of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating historical figures, by critically-acclaimed New York Times journalist Jon Lee Anderson

By Jon Lee Anderson

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

By Gilbert King

In Search of Churchill

By Martin Gilbert

Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship

By Jon Meacham

Last Guardians: Crown Service in Sudan, Northern Rhodesia and Britain

By Philip Bowcock

The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire: Political Leaders From Lenin to Gorbachev

By Dmitri Volkogonov

Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1): 1918-38

By Chips Channon

The House of Mitford

By Jonathan Guinness, Catherine Guinness

Power and Pragmatism

By Malcolm Rifkind

Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power

By Alastair Campbell

Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Soren Kierkegaard

By Clare Carlisle

Margaret Thatcher: The Abridged

By John Campbell

Tales of Lancasters and Other Aircraft: Dangerous Skies in the Second World War

By George Culling

Europe's Most Wanted Man: The Quest for Radovan Karadzic

By Nick Hawton

Larissa Reisner: A Biography

By Cathy Porter

Trusted Mole: A Soldier's Journey into Bosnia's Heart of Darkness

By Milos Stankovic, Martin Bell, M.P.

Winged Victory: A Last Look Back - The Personal Reflections of Two Royal Air Force Leaders

By J. E. Johnson, Laddie Lucas

An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth: A Critical Edition

By M. K. Gandhi, Mahadev Desai, Tridip Suhrud

Signalman Jones: Based on the Recollections of Geoffrey Holder-Jones

By Tim Parker

The Flying Scotsman: The Eric Liddell Story

By Sally Magnusson

Through the Window: Seventeen Essays (and one short story)

By julian barnes