In the winter of 1860-61, the United States, less than a century old, fell apart, divided by differing attitudes to slavery.

Originally written as a protest against cruelty and ill treatment of horses, this compassionate...

Sir John Gielgud's classic memoir of growing up and taking to the stage is a delightful and memorable...

General Omar Torrijos ruled Panama in a critical period of that country's history, from 1969 - 1981...

In 1976, in the Lot-et-Garonne region of south-west France, Ruth Silvestre and her family found Bel-Air de Grezelongue, a house that had been left, deserted, and uninhabited for 10 years....

This collection of poems draws on many themes familiar to the readers of Catherine Cookson's novels...

Previously unpublished in unabridged audio, these three works (one novel unpublished in her lifetime and two unfinished fragments) reveal Jane Austen's development as a great artist....

From childhood, Sir Laurens van der Post was fascinated by stories of the Bushmen - a people without...

In 1963, Martin Luther King led 250,000 followers to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and began to tell the assembled mass of all races and creeds of his vision of the future....

Gervase Phinn was appointed schools inspector in North Yorkshire, visiting schools in the beautiful Dales as well as the stark valley towns....

Sir Roy Strong tells the story of Britain from the very earliest recorded Celtic times to the era of Margaret Thatcher....

Tomas, a top surgeon in Prague, is a master of seduction. After leaving his wife and son, he becomes incapable of emotional involvement....

The White Company is a motley group of English mercenaries, fighting under the leadership of Sir Nigel Loring....