Brian Morton puts the Poe legend into context, revealing one of the most influential writers of modern times.
Biographies and Autobiographies.
All of Italy's regions are introduced by their signature dishes, and the book is interspersed with recipes as well as information on where to eat and drink.
This ideal image of nature continues to govern our notions of a beautiful landscape today. Hans von Trotha guides us through the history of the English garden to the most important, original, and beautiful park gardens in Britain.
Thomas Paine galvanized the colonists to struggle for a democratic republic free from Britain,.
This new biography takes a fresh view, re-examining Luxemburg's tempestuous career and her dream of socialism
Based on those family letters, this book explores the accounts that the Chamberlain children told each other about the events in their lives.
Written by the acclaimed musicologist and countertenor Nicholas Clapton, this is a perceptive and informed study of the last survivor of a perennially intriguing part of Western cultural history.
The Great War profoundly affected both New Zealand and its Prime Minister William Massey (1856-1925).
In this book, now featuring a preface by the present Prince von Bismarck, Dr Volker Ullrich explodes the myth that Bismarck was just the 'man of iron and blood': The 'Founder of the Reich' spent the rest of his career working to preserve ...
A short polemical appeal by Dennis MacShane (Minister for Europe 2005-2010) for policy-makers to re-engage with the Western Balkans before it is too late.