Autobiography: Historical, Political & Military

A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings family explores Americas racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestorsboth the ensla...

Ashley Dartnell's mother was a glamorous American, her father a dashing Englishman, each trying to slough off their past and upgrade to a more roma...

A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela DavisEdited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, A...

This remarkable book details the shared experiences of Hans von Mend and his comrade in arms, Adolf Hitler, throughout almost the whole of the Firs...

A professional soldier, Hans von Luck joined the Panzerwaffe in its earliest days, serving under Erwin Rommel. Skilled in the art of armoured warfa...

A New York Times bestseller.From CNNs veteran Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, an explosive, first-hand account of the dangers he faces ...

The story starts with a fourteen-year-old boy living with his family in Portsmouth during the Blitz of World War Two. It follows him as he leaves s...

Winds of Destruction is a unique account of one man''s service in the Rhodesian Air Force, spanning a period of twenty-three years from 1957 to 198...

When a country experiences a civil war, media reports are mainly brought to the attention of the outside world by those who can only report on the ...

''Memoirs of such richness are rare . . . a joy'' JAMES NAUGHTIE''A remarkable personal journey, by one of the great political correspondents of ou...

'It was said to me, Better have a little of the plantation manner of speech than not; 'tis not best that you seem too learned.' Appearing in 1855,...

Jacqueline Saper, named after Jackie Kennedy, was born in Tehran to Iranian and British parents. As a teenager, she witnesses the civil unrest of t...

The war in Afghanistan creates an urgency for telling storiesbetween soldiers, as they hand off missions to each other, and between soldiers and ci...

After a series of experiences revealed to him the extent and nature of religious persecution in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc in the 1960s,...

New and updated edition: the original autobiography is enhanced by the addition of family photos and extracts from unpublished letters and writings...

The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening gowns; of tiaras and a...

Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov remains a national hero in todays Russia as the man who beat Hitler and saved both Russia...