Biography: Historical, Political & Military

General Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors marching through the cities of the North of England ...

Baldwin of Boulogne was born the youngest of three sons and marked out for a clerical career, yet in turn he became a First Crusader, first Latin c...

With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Légion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tomm...

Originally published in 1868, this book follows the life of Prince Henry, including chapters on the Siege of Tangier, the capture of Ceuta and the ...

2023 Big Other Book Award Nonfiction Finalist Populism has become a global movement associated with nationalism and strong-man politicians, but its...

First published in 1993, this book presents a biography of a central figure in the development of both the labour movement and British politics in ...

A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (182893) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish that he shou...

Originally published in 1923, this book covers the career of Lord Shaftesbury from his early career, through Peel's government and factory legislat...

The name and fame of Muhammad Ali, the Founder of Modern Egypt, are well known. His vivid personality has appealed to many writers, who have concen...

Originally published in 1969, this is the first biography of Susan Isaacs, the first attempt to estimate her incalculable contribution to the theor...

Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Tennessean was one of the most intriguing and controversial characters to emerge during the Civil War. Books and artic...

I discover a lost aunt, separated from our family due to racism and discrimination against the disabled. She had a mental disability due to childho...

Attempts to see the conflict from the perspectives of those who fought. History TodayThe Battle of Agincourt still rings down through the centurie...

The orphaned Philadelphia Austen was forced to seek for herself those objects of eighteenth-century womanhood: social esteem and financial independ...

Discover never-before-told details of POW underground operations during the Vietnam War told through one airman's inspiring story of true love, hon...