Biography: Literary

American poet and writer John G. Neihardt (18811973) possessed an inquiring and spiritual mind. Those qualities came to the fore in Black Elk Speak...

Jane Austen wrote six of the best-loved novels in the English language, as well as a smaller corpus of works unpublished in her day, including thre...

In 1888, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche moved to Turin. This would be the year in which he wrote three of his greatest works: Twilight of the Idol...

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'A simply wonderful book' PHILIPPE SANDS'Begin Again is that rare thing: an instant classic' PANKAJ MISHRA'Incredibl...

Meticulously researched. - Stewart Lamont, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle CentreSandfords accomplished, well-crafted work brings Conan Doyle into sharp rel...

Who was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne''s landmark bi...

A renowned scholar investigates the human crisis that Albert Camus confronted in his world and in ours, producing a brilliant study of Camuss life ...

A smaller, cheaper edition of this acclaimed illustrated biography of Beatrix Potter. Respected biographer Sarah Gristwood discovers a life crisscr...

From the acclaimed author of The Most Dangerous Book, the incredible true story behind the creation of a masterpiece of world literature, Fyodor Do...

DOROTHY WORDSWORTH is well known as the author of the Alfoxden and Grasmere Journals (17981803) and as the sister of the poet William Wordsworth. S...

A fascinating journey into the life of H.G. Wells, from one of Britain''s best biographers How did the first forty years of H. G. Wells'' life shap...

James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man laid down the template for the Comin...

Despite being one of the foremost American intellectuals of the mid-twentieth century, Harold Rosenberg (19061978) was utterly incapable of fitting...

In the long run, we're all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous dec...

An attractive and approachable selection of the work of George Bernard Shaw.  One of the most remarkable writers of the 20th century, Shaw contrib...

'A biography as gripping as one of Lee Child's own bestsellers' Ian Rankin 'Very enjoyable' The Times'Vivid and entertaining' TelegraphLee Chil...

Described by Philip Pullman as 'the most important British writer of fantasy since Tolkein', Alan Garner has been enrapturing readers with works li...

This is a new account of the late-fourteenth-century mystic and pilgrim Margery Kempe. Kempe, who had 14 children, travelled all over Europe and re...

Louis-Ferdinand Céline was one of the most innovative novelists of the twentieth century, and his influence both in his native France and beyond re...

The story of the extraordinary relationship between Francis Barber, a former slave, and Samuel Johnson, Englands most distinguished man of lettersA...

This is the finest critic of his generation on the best poet of his lifetime The TimesClive James was a life-long admirer of the work of Philip La...

Probably the greatest British novelist of his generation, Graham Greene''s own story was as strange and compelling as those he told of Pinkie the M...

Hans Christian Andersen is an cultural icon. But what is an icon exactly? And how did Hans Christian Andersen become one? In Denmark and abroad. Th...

How we should think about board games, and what do they do to us as we play them? Writer and critic Eric Thurm digs deep into his own experience as...

From the author of the definitive biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky, never-before-published lectures that provide an accessible introduction to the Ru...

T. S. Eliot's career as a successful stage dramatist gathers pace throughout the fascinating letters of this volume. Following his early experiment...

His admirers called him the Barnum of Books and the Voltaire of Kansas because of his ability to bring culture and education to the people. R. Alto...

William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. He published a volume of poems in 1934 and...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE Gripping and at times ineffably sad, this book would be poetic even without the poetry. It ...

Who would not want to sit down with Jane Austen and join her in a cup of tea? Here for the first time is a book that shares the secrets of one of h...