
Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen
‘Edwards has comprehensively defeated a persistent and painful historical myth and replaced it with something more complicated, more…
‘Edwards has comprehensively defeated a persistent and painful historical myth and replaced it with something more complicated, more…
Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Jamaican manservant and heir, Francis Barber, has been gaining attention over the past year. In…
Adolf Hitler’s makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations which he undertook…
In this, the final part of our blog series celebrating publication of The Maisky Diaries, author Gabriel Gorodetsky…
In part three of our blog series celebrating publication of The Maisky Diaries, Gabriel Gorodetsky selects and introduces…
In part two of our blog series celebrating publication of The Maisky Diaries, Gabriel Gorodetsky shares an excerpt…
As the Soviet ambassador to London from 1932-1943, Ivan Maisky had a front-row seat at some of the…
Daniel E. Sutherland’s biography of luminary American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) is not only the first in…
Yale are very proud to publish the Jewish Lives series, a collection of biographies that focus on prominent and influential figures in the…
The Hungarian musician and composer Béla Bartók is the subject of a comprehensive new book by David Cooper, bringing…
2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, and to celebrate this momentous occasion,…
John Knox was the leader of the Protestant Revolution in Scotland during the 16th century. He was a…
Francis Barber lived a remarkable life. As far as we know he was born a slave on a…
Béla Bartók is widely acknowledged as one of the most important musical composers of the early 20th century. He is…
Thomas Cromwell is a historic figure known to many. Between 1532 and 1540 he was the chief minster…