Books from Pimlico
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The Body In Question
By Jonathan MillerIn this remarkable book Jonathan Miller considers the functioning of the body as a subject of private experience.
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Edward Heath
By John CampbellThe son of a carpenter, Edward Heath broke the patrician mould of Tory leaders.
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Globalization in World History
By Antony G. HopkinsIn the 1990s globalization was the buzzword; it promises to become ever more important in the first decade of the 21st century. One view suggest that globalization can be dated...
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Those Who Trespass Against Us: One Woman's War Against the Nazis
By Karolina LanckoronskaShe was subjected to varying treatment, from starvation to extra food rations according to the fluctuating concerns of the authorities in Berlin, ultimately being released from Ravensbruck. This is her story."
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Bismarck: The Story Behind the Destruction of the Pride of Hitler's Navy
By David Jay Bercuson, Holger H. HerwigThe complete history of the Bismarck, this text tells the story from the key strategic decisions of the national leaders, to the gripping hour-by-hour account of the battle.
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Travelling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary
By Alberto GranadoPublished for the first time in English, an account of Che Guevara’s 1952 motorcycle tour of South America, written by his close friend and travelling companion.In 1952, Alberto Granado, a...
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Igor Stravinsky: A Creative Spring: Russia and France 1882 - 1934
By Stephen WalshTouchy, unpredictable, witty and unfailingly brilliant, he is an ideal subject for a deeply informed and sophisticated biography.The first volume of this definitive biography covers Stravinsky's life and work from his birth in 1882 through ...
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The Burning Blue: A New History of the Battle of Britain
By Jeremy A. Crang, Paul AddisonPublished in time for the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this new history broadens and deepens our understanding of an event that became an instant legend. For the...
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500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians
By Alvin M. JosephyThis is the stirring, epic story of the hundreds of Indian nations that have inhabited North America for more than 15,000 years and of their centuries-long struggle with the Europeans.
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Medusa: The Shipwreck, the Scandal, the Masterpiece
By Jonathan MilesCommanded by an incompetent Captain, she ran aground off the desolate West African coast. This is a study of the Medusa tragedy, the subsequent cover-up, and ensuing publicity.
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The Myth of Decline: The Rise of Britain Since 1945
By George Lurcy BernsteinThis history of Britain since 1945 confronts two themes that have dominated British consciousness during the post-war era: the myth of decline and the pervasiveness of American influence. The political...
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The Charge: The Real Reason why the Light Brigade was Lost
By Mark AdkinThe charge of the Light Brigade is one of Britain's best-known glorious military disasters. On 25 October 1854, during the siege of Sebastopol, the Light Brigade attacked Russian gun positions...
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Injury Time: A Memoir
By Dennis Joseph EnrightD.J. Enright died soon after putting the finishing touches on this memoir and commonplace book in which he muses upon his own condition and that of the world he knows...
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Brunelleschi's Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence
By Ross KingThe cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with its great, terracotta-tiled cupola, still remains a power to astonish. Yet the elegance of the building belies the tremendous labour...
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The Story of the Blues: The Making of a Black Music
By Paul OliverThe influence of the blues in popular mainstream music is immense. This history places the inspiration of singers like Muddy Waters in the context of their lives and surroundings. Every...
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Firestorm: The Bombing of Dresden 1945
By Jeremy A. Crang, Paul AddisonOn the night of 13 and 14 February 1945, the RAF bombed the city of Dresden, causing devastating fires which obliterated the historic city centre and killed many thousands of...
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George Stubbs and the Wide Creation: Animals, People and Places in the Life of George Stubbs, 1724-1806
By Robin BlakeFar more than a fine horse portraitist, George Stubbs was a painter and a printmaker of the highest importance, on a par with his great contemporaries, Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough....
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Characters of Fitzrovia
By Mike Pentelow, Marsha RoweFitzrovia lies between Oxford Street and Euston Road, bordered by Portland Place, Gower Street and Tottenham Court Road. This is a portrait of a mysteriously evocative area of London, creative...
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When Daddy Came Home: How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945
By Barry Turner, Tony RennellMany World War II babies were brought up in what were effectively one-parent families. When 4,337,100 British serviceman were demobilized, a period of disorientation ensued as people struggled to put...
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Peace in Ireland: The War of Ideas
By Richard BourkeIncludes a new preface by the author for the second edition. 'This story is vividly and even-handedly told, based on impressive research... Bourke explores the implications with greater sophistication than almost anyone else.