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Christian Meier's biography is the definitive modern account of Caesar's life and career, and places him within the wider context of the crisis of the Roman republic. It is a compelling work of historical scholarship.

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The story of the revolution and a personal journey into the city of Ahdaf Soueif's childhood

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This book uses the themes of modernisation and manipulation to provide a new and distinctive analysis of the political strategy of Prime Minister David Cameron. It explores the key issues - coalition, electoral reform, Scottish independence, the Big Society, austerity and Brexit - that defined his premiership, -- .

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In this biography of a wonderfully curious character, the author of the bestselling Pakeha Maori traces Marmon's life and times, drawing on his own knowledge and research as well as on Marmon's own - not always reliable - personal accounts.

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A biography of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, one of the most powerful men in English history whose impact was as great in Church affairs as those of the State. It tells how the accession of Henry VIII provided the catalyst for Wolsey's dramatic rise to power and in 1514 he received first the bishopric of Lincoln and then the archbishopric of York.

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Basing his work on the writings of Schmitt and his contemporaries, extensive new archival documentation, and parts of Schmitt's personal papers, Professor Bendersky uses Schmitt's public career as a framework for re-evaluating his contributions to political and legal theory. This book establishes that Schmitt's late Weimar writings were directed at

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This book traces the journey of an African-American family and the surname that is attached to it - from it's European and North African origins across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean and on to Calhoun Country in South Carolina.

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The partition of Ireland and the birth of Northern Ireland as a political entity, was the work of one man above all. Edward Carson's idealism and religious tolerance were untypical of the sectarian bigotry that marred the later history of Northern Ireland. This book presents a biography of a major figure in both British and Irish politics.

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"A thoroughly researched re-examination of the life of Cecily duchess of York, from 1415 to 1495."--Provided by publisher.

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When Gillian Tindall discovered a cache of tightly folded letters in a deserted house in central France, recently emptied of 150 years of a family's possessions, she uncovered the obscure and moving life of one woman, Celestine Chaumette. This is Tindall's brilliantly original recreation of the vanished world of a French village.

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This book offers an illuminating story of how social and political change can sometimes result from the vision, leadership, and commitment of a few dedicated individuals determined not to fail.

Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Movement chronicles the drive for a union of one of American society's most exploited groups.

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With a First from Cambridge and the possibility of working for the Foreign Office, the author decided instead to apply to be an apprentice diesel-fitter with London Transport. He was rejected and so turned to a life in politics. This title offers an account of a young life already well lived.

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The quality of the American character, the structure of American society, and the meaning of America's historical experience all had important implications for John Adams' political thought. Professor Howe explores the relationships that developed between the satisfactions of Adam's life and Adams' outlook on American society. He concludes that as

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A biography of the English social investigator and pioneer in the development of the social survey method who, with Beatrice Potter Webb, made an exhaustive statistical study of poverty in London. He was instrumental in the passage of the Old Age Pensions Act.

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Superb, highly accessible biography of one of the giants of English literature by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A THOUSAND ACRES
'Engaging and stimulating' Simon Callow