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Delivers an incisive biography of the great secularist who - alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi - led the movement for India's independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. This biography focuses on Nehru's heroic efforts for, and stewardship of, independent India.

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A life of Nelson from his early years, the conditions in the Navy at that time, his complex personal life, his naval battles before Trafalgar, the battle of Trafalgar in detail and his legacy in myth, film and propaganda. With 2005 being the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, this is a timely reappraisal of Nelson, the myth and the man.

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This is a colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative introduction to the life and work of the author of The Prince--Florentine statesman, writer, and political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). Corrado Vivanti, who was one of the world's leading Machiavelli scholars, provides an unparalleled intellectual biography that demonstrates the c

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Paperback edition of the acclaimed biography of Britain's Deputy Prime Minister. Fully updated with new material bringing his career up to the minute.

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"Both timely and timeless, this biography reveals Makhno s rapidly changing world and his place in it. He moved swiftly from peasant youth to prisoner to revolutionary anarchist leader, narrowly escaping Bolshevik Ukraine for Paris. This book also chronicles the friends and enemies he made along the way: Lenin, Trotsky, Kropotkin, Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman, Ida Mett, and others."--

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No praise can be too high for Russell s mastery. Publishers Weekly (starred...

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Nancy tells her story in an unusual and challenging collaboration with Dr Gaynor Macdonald (Anthropology) of the University of Sydney, Associate Professor Jane Mears (Social Policy) of the University of Western Sydney and Dr Anna Nettheim (Anthropology) of the University of Sydney.

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Offers a brief, attractively written account of Owain Glyndwr (1359-1415) and his Rebellion (1400-1415), one of the most exciting and romantic episodes in the history of Wales.

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In April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable homicide in the manner of his treatment of the Highlanders of Strathnaver. In the process of evicting them from their ancient lands he had allegedly burnt houses, destroyed mills and wrecked pastures. This is an account of Sellar's life and times.

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Abiding interest in Margaret Thatcher, combined with the growing prominence of women in Parliament makes this a timely book.

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BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY / WOMEN'S STUDIES / DRAMA, THEATRE ARTS

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Pericles has had the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. This book reassess the life and legacy of one of the greatest generals, orators, and statesmen of the classical world.

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The first academic biography of one of the leading thinkers of the Labour Party, Peter Shore.

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An inspiring true story of resistance to the rising tide of populism and xenophobia in Mussolinis Italy.

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Engaging biographer Michael Jago tackles the political life of Rab Butler, the best prime minister Britain never had.

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A gripping story of suffering, endurance, and the triumph against massive odds of the human spirit. Sir Martin Gilbert, from his...