Forget everything you thought you knew about Henry the Eighth. While Henry VIII has frequently been portrayed as a womanizer, author Philippa Jones re…
Doomed queen of Henry VIII, mother to Elizabeth I, the epic story of Anne Boleyn.Anne Boleyn was the most controversial and scandalous woman ever to s…
The first major biography of Henry VIII least favourite wife - but the one who outlived them all. 'I like her not!' was the verdict of Henry VIII on m…
Jane was Henry VIII's third queen, and she was described by him as 'his first true wife', both his first two marriages having been annulled. She was t…
Anne of Cleves left her homeland in 1539 to marry the king of England. She was not brought up to be a queen, yet out of many possible choices she was …
Exam Board: AQA Level & Subject: GCSE Geography First teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018 This Geography Revision and Practice range con…
In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating fl…
'Few novelists match the intensity of her vision' J. G. BallardNo one knows why the ice has come, and no one can stop it. Every day it creeps further…
When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and chil…
An illustrated guide to bass fishing, this book coversboth shore and boat fishing, close inland and far out to sea. The book includes advice on equipm…
'The Anatomy Lesson is a ferocious, heartfelt book - lavish with laughs and flamboyant inventions' - John Updike With his fortieth birthday rece…
First-hand account of life inside China's prison camps I have written what I lived. The atrocious reality. -Gulbahar Haitiwaji to Paris Match For thre…
'Inspiring' GUARDIAN 'Heartbreaking' INDEPENDENT 'I loved it' ADAM KAY 'Beautiful' MATT HAIG 'Luminous' NICCI GERRARD 'Essential reading' MADELEI…
Bringing sixteenth-century Languedoc vividly to life, Kate Mosse's number one bestselling novel The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love, betr…
Zhao Feiyan (45-1 BCE), the second empress appointed by Emperor Cheng of the Han dynasty (207 BCE-220 CE), was born in slavery and trained in the perf…
