Historical Biographies starting 1901

Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power

By Alastair Campbell

Power and Pragmatism

By Malcolm Rifkind

The House of Mitford

By Jonathan Guinness, Catherine Guinness

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

By Chips Channon

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

By Dmitri Volkogonov

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

By Philip Bowcock

Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship

By Jon Meacham

In Search of Churchill

By Martin Gilbert

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

By Gilbert King

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

The South Country

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

Kwame Nkrumah: A Political Kingdom in the Third World

By David Rooney

Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

By Judt, Tony

After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew

By Wilson, A.N.

When The Hills Ask For Your Blood: A Personal Stor

By David Belton

Censored 1998: The Year's Top 25 Censored Stories

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

Lady Sings the Blues

By Billie Holiday

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

By Ken Aedy

Lenin V3

By Robert Service

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: The short and gilded life of Tara Browne, the man who inspired The Beatles' greatest song

By Paul Howard

Six Weeks of Blenheim Summer: One Pilot's Extraordinary Account of the Battle of France

By Alastair Panton

Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne

By Susan Ottaway

Elizabeth II (Penguin Monarchs): The Steadfast

By Douglas Hurd

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

By Ben Macintyre

"BB": A Celebration

By B. B., Tom Quinn, Denys Watkins-Pitchford

The Insider: Trapped In Saddam's Brutal Regime

By Ala Bashir

The Last Torpedo Flyers: The True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero of the Skies

By Arthur Aldridge, Mark Ryan

Treblinka: A Survivor's Memory

By Chil Rajchman, Solon Beinfeld, Samuel Moyn

Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War

By Laurence Rees

Watching the Door

By Kevin Myers