Time period: 1945-

A moving, powerful autobiography from an inspirational woman, one of the Windrush generation who became a member of the House of Lords.

Tony Benn's diaries chronicle both the public and the personal events of the last decade of his life at Westminster and his retirement thereafter.

A special omnibus edition - with newly discovered additional text - of the extraordinary wartime memoir 'The Past is Myself' and its sequel, 'The Road Ahead'.

The first woman to be appointed Speaker of the House of Commons, Betty Boothroyd was once a celebrated Tiller Girl. In her autobiography, she tells of her life and her time in politics, and gives her strongly held views on the role of Parliament. The enormous respect and affection of the British ...

There is Britain before 1965 and Britain after 1965 - and they are not the same thing. 1965 was the year Britain democratised education, it was the year pop culture began to be taken as seriously as high art, the time when comedians and television shows imported the methods of modernism into thei...

In Notes From a Small Island, Bryson, who moved to England from the USA and settled in North Yorkshire with his family, turns an affectionate but ironic eye on his adopted country. The book is now a major TV series on Carlton.

Focusing on Brighton, this book explores just what has happened to British society over the years. Interweaving personal stories, pop music, history, sex, politics & class, it attempts to answer the question - what does it mean to be British in this century? It ranges from David Bowie to Norman C...

Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister Britain never had. But though he never reached 10 Downing Street, he left a more enduring mark on British society than most of those who did. His career spans the full half-century from Attlee to Tony Blair, during which he helped transform almost ...

Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister Britain never had. But though he never reached 10 Downing Street, he left a more enduring mark on British society than most of those who did. His career spans the full half-century from Attlee to Tony Blair, during which he helped transform almost ...

This concise, lively, and authoritative biography examines the life of Margaret Thatcher and sets it in the context of recent British history. Written by leading international historian David Cannadine, it covers her early life, political career, life after politics, impact, and legacy.

When Mike Carter's father died, he decided to follow the route of a march against unemployment his dad had organised 35 years before. Mike had a troubled relationship with his dad, and hoped the walk, undertaken a month before the Brexit vote, would allow him to understand his father and his coun...

Korea has a long, riveting history - it is also a divided nation. South Korea is a vibrant democracy, the tenth largest economy, and is home to a world-renowned culture. North Korea is ruled by the most authoritarian regime in the world, a poor country in a rich region, and is best known for the ...

Continuing the story of Bess Bennett, she now is married to her childhood sweetheart Ian Sinclair. Her chief concern is her two sons. One is from a former marriage, and the jealousy between them has hardened into something that threatens everything Bess has worked for.

Here is the captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement. What was it like to start a feminist bookshop, in an industry dominated by men? How could a lesbian thrive in Thatcher's t...

'Gone With the Wind', the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history and culture today - from Walter Scott and Ladies Fair, to fiery crosses, lynching and the Capitol insurrection.

'Gone With the Wind', the myth of the Lost Cause and what they can tell us about American history and culture today - from Walter Scott and Ladies Fair, to fiery crosses, lynching and the Capitol insurrection.

One of the most talked about books of recent years, Alan Clark's Diaries provide a witty and irreverent insider's account of political life in Britain.

Ken Clarke charts his remarkable progress from working-class scholarship boy in Nottinghamshire to high political office and the upper echelons of both his party and of government. But he is not a straightforward Conservative politician. His position on the left of the party often led Margaret Th...

Jeremy Clarkson finds the world a perplexing place. He discovers that he inadvertently dropped a bomb on North Carolina, that we're all going to explode at the age of 62, that Russians look bad in Speedos (but not as bad as Brits), and that no one should have to worry about being Bill Oddie's lon...

Richard Cobb, the incomparable historian of the French Revolution, had an affinity with France that went far beyond academic interest. Divided into three parts, this book provides the best of Cobb's evocation of France.