More than just a Gunboat Diplomat: Extract from David Brown’s biography of Lord Palmerston
Palmerston: A Biography was widely acclaimed upon its publication in 2010, for being the first comprehensive biography of the…
Extracts
Hard Times Man: Extract from Randy Roberts’ biography of boxer Joe Louis
Joe Louis: Hard Times Man (now published in paperback) is the definitive biography of the most famous African American of…
A Model Millionaire: Extract from ‘A Genius for Money’ by Caroline Dakers
Yesterday, as part of our Dickens at 200 blog, we took a brief look at A Genius for…
The Life of a Failed Prophet: Extract from ‘Savonarola’ by Donald Weinstein
Donald Weinstein’s new biography of Girolamo Savonarola, the visionary Dominican friar, provides the first truly satisfying account of his…
The Evolution of the Book Trade: Extract from ‘The Book in the Renaissance’ by Andrew Pettegree
The Book in the Renaissance by Andrew Pettegree is a groundbreaking study of the fascinating, yet largely unknown world of books…
The Discovery of An American Icon: Extract from ‘Jackson Pollock’ by Evelyn Toynton
Jackson Pollock’s revolutionary ‘drip paintings’ put American art on the map, representing the first real break with the…
Exclusive extract from ‘Ralph Tailor’s Summer: A Scrivener, his City and the Plague’ by Keith Wrightson
Ralph Tailor’s Summer is a hugely moving book that looks at the plague of 1636 and its impact on…