Biography: Historical, Political & Military

What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of Englands greatest former churches and shrines, the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St Edmunds? The s...

As Nelson Mandela said, a nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones. Shadowland tells the sometimes in...

Within Argentina, Juan Domingo Perón continues to be the subject of exaggerated and diametrically opposed views. A dictator, a great leader, the he...

Stalinism, that particularly brutal phase of communism, came to an end in most of Eastern Europe with the death of Josef Stalin in 1953 or at least...

Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Ove...

A historical biography of the Italian philosopher/politician Antonio Gramsci (1891-1973), considered one of the most important Marxist philosophers...

Hugh Trevor-Roper was one of the most gifted historians of the 20th century. His scholarly interests ranged widely - from the Puritan Revolution to...

In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the arme...

I am not afraid to be called a politician, declared Paul Martin Sr., defending his lifes work in politics. Next to preaching the word of God, there...

Statesman or warlord? Yuan Shikai (18591916) has been both hailed as Chinas George Washington for his role in the countrys transition from empire t...

Liz Carpenter Award for Research in the History of Women, Texas State Historical Association The essayist Adela Sloss-Vento (19011998) was a powerh...

Thanks in part to Shakespeare, Henry V is one of England's best-known monarchs. The image of the king leading his army against the French, and the ...

Newly opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself, discover the history and secret stories of the people who've lived above London's newest trainline.Cros...

The first serious full-length biography of former Ugandan president Idi Amin, modern Africas most famous dictatorA nuanced and sophisticated examin...

Eisenhower and the Art of Collaborative Leadership examines the theory and practice of collaboration, and collaborative leadership, in the life and...

'I have always been fascinated by that charismatic hero of the Resistance, Josephine Baker, but it turns out I didn't know the half of it. Lewis' s...

Throughout his life, Musmanno provided a voice for the people amid the interplay of politics and the arrogance of power. A crowd pleaser, he had no...

Centuries have passed since the demise of many precapitalist agricultural states. Despite the British invasion of 1903 and the Chinese invasion in ...