Biography: Historical, Political & Military

Blaze''s memoirs are one of the most fascinating recollections of the Napoleonic Wars ever to be published. Written by an officer of wide experienc...

Raider. Conqueror. King. Saint. This is the story of Olav Haraldsson, the greatest Viking who ever lived. A ruthless Viking warrior who named hi...

This book is the English translation of a recent biography of Sakata Michita, one of Japans leading, yet unassuming, politicians in the postwar era...

At the end of World War II, a young British architect was appointed to design a series of cemeteries and memorials across Asia for the war dead. Co...

Visionary, explorer, researcher, diplomat, humanistFridtjof Nansen was no ordinary man. Nansen was a dedicated scientist who made an outstanding co...

In this book, Philip Ranlet examines the prolific political career of Cadwallader Colden. Colden was the long lasting lieutenant governor of royal...

Fishermen from New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces once made a reputation by driving their schooners under a full press of sail in a ho...

The French were the archenemies of the British and her American colonies, particularly after the French and Indian War which was begun by George Wa...

Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatts interviews with brave American servicemen from twenty-first-century...

Uncover the Story of a Remarkable Woman of the West Esther Morris (1812-1902) was a unique American woman whose life paralleled the dramatic eve...

The story of Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to lead a Muslim nation, seems lifted straight from Greek tragedy. Born to privilege as the daughter o...

A thrilling tale of passion, courage and determination. Michael Collins became a hero: a soldier, a freedom-fighter, a ghost: Irelands Rebel Son. I...

History comes alive in these pages as Peter Stephaich traces his origins from 1608 when King Rudolph II of Hungary conferred noble status on his fa...

The authors father, when he was a senior Communist Party member in Belorussia, could have been implicated in the assassination of Mikhoels, the pop...

Between 2003 and 2010, under President Lula, Celso Amorim was at the forefront of an important period in the history of Brazils international relat...

Longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize.An award-winning Iraqi writer creates a new world for himself in Seattle in search of lost love.As the US ...

A history of mystic resistance and liberation and of five women who transcended the expected to transform America. For centuries, women who emerge...