Diaries, Letters & Journals

By any standards Mick Stoke's experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War were remarkable. Aged nineteen, he was 'Mentioned in Despat...

The Journals of Sylvia Plath offers an intimate portrait of the author of the extraordinary poems for which Plath is so widely loved, but it is als...

The year 1941 was a turning point for the world, but long-time Shanghai resident Ruth Hill Barr had no way of knowing that when she started her fiv...

Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. A country clergyman born in 1840, Kilvert spent much of his t...

Novelist, biographer, journalist and critic, Catherine Carswell was born in 1879 in Glasgow, Scotland, and educated at The Park School for Girls. O...

First published edition of documents and letters from a highly-significant incident within the nineteenth-century Catholic church. The row between...

Emory Upton (18391881) was thrust into the Civil War immediately upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May of 18...

Emory Upton (18391881) was thrust into the Civil War immediately upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May of 18...

This unique exchange of letters between literary icon Sinclair Ross and several prominent writers, publishers, agents, and editors asks why many Ca...

Jim Henson's iconic puppet characters, fantastic worlds, and warm humor have delighted millions of people of all ages. His incredibly diverse body ...