Memoirs



The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy

The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy

( Translated by Cathy Porter. Foreword by Doris Lessing. )
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
ISBN: 9781846881022

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Prisoner of God

Prisoner of God

( Translated by Roger Clarke )
A brilliant student with a promising career ahead of him as a biologist under the guidance of Nobel Prize winner Jacques Monod, Michel Benoît decided at the age of twenty­-two to follow the path of God and take on monastic orders as Brother Irénée....
By: Michel Benoît
ISBN: 9781846880520

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Travelling to Infinity

Travelling to Infinity

( My Life with Stephen )
Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age, and author of the scientific bestseller A Brief History of Time , which sold over 25 million copies across the world. In this compelling memoir, his first wife...
By: Jane Hawking
ISBN: 9781846881152

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