Biography

Our year in books: Highlights from 2018

‘Tis the season to be cosy! Winter has arrived and what could be better than curling up with…

All Blogs, Biography, Humanities, Literature April 18, 2018

Astrid Lindgren created one of the most beloved and groundbreaking characters in children’s literature: Pippi Longstocking. To mark…

All Blogs, Biography, Extracts, Humanities March 8, 2018

Discover the woman behind the portrait. Anna Whistler, the subject of the iconic portrait, Whistler’s Mother raised one of the…

Author Articles, History, Medieval History, Recent Posts November 11, 2016

Arguably the most successful woman to wield political power in the middle ages, Blanche of Castile is today…

Biography, Drama, History, Recent Posts December 27, 2015

Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Jamaican manservant and heir, Francis Barber, has been gaining attention over the past year. In…

Wellington after Waterloo by Rory Muir The Duke of Wellington felt far from triumphant after defeating Napoleon at…

Art, Biography, Interviews July 11, 2015

Daniel E. Sutherland’s biography of luminary American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) is not only the first in…

Biography, Jewish Studies, Recent Posts, Round-ups July 3, 2015

Yale are very proud to publish the Jewish Lives series, a collection of biographies that focus on prominent and influential figures in the…

Biography, Extracts, Music, Recent Posts May 2, 2015

The Hungarian musician and composer Béla Bartók is the subject of a comprehensive new book by David Cooper, bringing…

Author Articles, Biography, History, Recent Posts April 14, 2015

Francis Barber lived a remarkable life. As far as we know he was born a slave on a…

Ancient History, Articles, Extracts, History, Recent Posts April 2, 2015

The man who famously led war elephants and an enormous army across the Alps to Rome, during the Second…

Author Articles, Biography, Music, Recent Posts March 25, 2015

Béla Bartók is widely acknowledged as one of the most important musical composers of the early 20th century. He is…

Art, Biography, Extracts, Recent Posts November 26, 2014

In addition to his many remarkable paintings and drawings Vincent van Gogh left behind a fascinating and illuminating body of…

A Book Lover's Gift Guide, Biography November 21, 2014

This winter we have gathered together some of our favourite books – books for Biography Buffs, History Lovers and…

Biography, Interviews, Psychology, Religion September 1, 2014

Adam Phillips’ Becoming Freud is a biography that explores the life of the young Freud, spanning his first fifty years,…