Biographies

A.J. Cronin, author of some of the best-loved novels of the mid-twentieth century and the creator of Dr Finlay , has been unjustly overlooked by literary biographers. In this, the first full-length life of this eminent but often neglected writer,...
By: Alan Davies

After marrying Count Leo Tolstoy, the author of Anna Karenina and War and Peace , Sofia Behrs kept a detailed diary until his death in 1910. Sofia's life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband, but was tormented by him; even her many...
By: Sofia Tolstoy

Much blood has been spilt on account of the Sicilian and American Mafias – and almost as much ink has been expended on recounting the details of their culture and crimes. However, comparatively little is known about the brutal, elusive figures who...
By: Roberto Olla

Doctor of Love - the first comprehensive biography of James Graham - tells the remarkable story of Britain's first sexologist. Dr Graham set out to bring the sublime into the sex life of every married couple. He guaranteed both ecstasy and fertility...
By: Lydia Syson

As a young girl from a wealthy family, Ginko Ogino seems set for a conventional life in the male-dominated society of nineteenth-century Japan. But when she contracts gonorrhoea from her husband, she suffers the ignominy of divorce. Forced to bear...
By: Jun'ichi Watanabe

Angus McBean: Facemaker is the first full-length biography of Angus McBean, one of the most influential photographers of the Twentieth Century, whose “surreal” and romantic portraiture of iconic film stars and musicians is still imitated throughout...
By: Adrian Woodhouse