A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, release...
In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most ...
An exploration of the life and work of Walter Crane, the pioneering British socialist artist who ...
William Hogarth is a house-hold name across the country, his prints hang in our pubs and leap out...
It looks at how artists have responded to two great, contrasting works, Paradise Lost and Pilgrim...
A Daily Telegraph, Times, Evening Standard, TLS and Spectator Book of the Year.Winner of the Hawt...
Thomas Bewick wrote A History of British Birds at the end of the eighteenth century, just as Brit...
One of the most brilliant writers of her day, George Eliot (1819-1880) was also one of the most t...
Le immagini di Quentin Blake hanno fatto sognare generazioni di lettori. In occasione del suo nov...
Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration wa...
Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeAs the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for ...
The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography contains details of the lives of over 2100...
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From the author of the bestselling 'Lunar Men', this is the paperback edition of her book on Sara...
Winner of the Portico PrizeShortlisted for the Whitbread Biography of the YearHigh-spirited, witt...
Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges.Did the Romans have rakes? D...
Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experim...
'A joy to read.' Sunday Times'Outstanding.' Daily Telegraph'Excellent.' The Spectator'Superb.' Li...
From Jenny Uglow, one of our most admired writers, a beautifully illustrated story of a love affa...
''Uglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts.'' GUARDIAN''Few can match Uglow''s skill at conj...