Geographic: Great Britain

Unlike past biographies, which focus on Vivien Leigh's screen persona and marriage to Sir Laurence Olivier, 'Where Madness Lies' focuses on her personal life set against the backdrop of her career and her struggle to live with mental illness.

The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intelligence and a pivotal point in the public's relationship with the murky world of espionage and security. It lifted the lid on alleged Soviet infiltration of British services and revealed a culture of l...

I'm always asked questions - by fans, by other actors and friends, by my grandchildren. They want to know how I've lasted so long, how I handle fame, why I chose to do some of my films, which films and actors I like best and so forth. They also want to know what makes me tick, what makes me get u...

Graeme Thomson undertakes a full analysis of Kate Bush's art. From her pre-teen forays into poetry, through scores of unreleased songs. Every crucial aspect of her music is discussed from her groundbreaking series of albums to her solo live tour.

Designed as guides to take out into the wild, books in the series prompt readers to explore the natural environment using their senses, curiosity and creativity, while also introducing them to the science behind the seasons. This volume presents a pocket-sized introduction to autumn. Building on ...

This authoritative biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with the Prime Minister himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, and his oldest friends and closest colleagues. Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story f...

LadBaby has millions of fans around the world, but the journey to success has been anything but easy. Mark and Roxanne Hoyle, for the first time ever, will pull back the curtain to tell the true story of how they came from nothing and achieved success against all the odds. A working class family ...

'Are You Being Served?' ran for 13 years, had a spin-off movie and regularly attracted 22 million viewers in the UK. Inman's character, whose innuendos were adored by viewers, invariably got the biggest laughs - and this at a time when being homosexual was largely frowned upon. In 1976, he was vo...

DNA research is one of the most important and rapidly advancing areas in modern science and the practical use of DNA testing in genealogy is one of its most exciting applications. This accessible, wide-ranging introduction, the first British publication in this field, has been revised in a comple...

Spring, 1941. The Second World War has entered a dangerous phase, with British ships being torpedoed in the Atlantic and nightly bombing raids on major ports. At Bletchley Park, top secret home of the nation's code-breakers, the race is on to crack the German Enigma code and thus prevent further ...

Kendrick Wroe is found dead in the frozen Shill Brook. Most suspect he has been poaching Lord Gilbert's fish, though Sir Hugh finds reason to believe this may not be so. Then one of Kendrick's friends is slain; another seems to be in mortal peril, and in an apparent attempt to throw Hugh off the ...

Hello to you, I am with news. Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade - there have been surprising joys but also deep revelations and challenging lows. I shall be honest about those, because what I discovered in the difficult times were my, what I call, treasures. Treasures - pract...

Ever since he was old enough to enjoy them, journalist and beer-expert Adrian Tierney-Jones has been visiting and drinking in pubs all over the country. As the world opened up post-Covid and we were all finally able to return to our locals, Adrian's love for this British institution burned even b...

Compiled and written by leading political journalists and commentators, this edition offers a comprehensive survey of the historic 2024 general election. It charts the run-up to the election and includes full analysis of the outcome and the implications for Britain's future.

'Fire and Steam' tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history.

Cameron. May. Johnson. Truss. Sunak. The last 14 years have seen turbulence at the centre of politics that is perhaps unique in British history. From coalition to Brexit, Covid to Partygate, Trussonomics to this year's election, our government has never felt so fractured. And as prime ministers h...

In June 1940, a covert new force - the Special Operations Executive (SOE) - was set up to wage a secret war. Its agents were tasked with sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines, and over the course of the next five years, 470 special agents would be sent into France. Only 25 female SOE agents ...

Comprising a vivid and varied series of miniature biographies, revealing profiles, thought-provoking essays and a multitude of previously unknown anecdotes and quotes, 'Hercules!' is the perfect compendium for the casual fan or devoted connoisseur, providing a funny, comprehensive and fully alpha...

As Harry Potter's stunt double, David Holmes's amazing gymnastic skills saw him earn onscreen immortality. He was the first-ever person to play Quidditch on a broomstick; he dodged dragon's fire and dove deep into the Great Lake, without any gillyweed to protect him. Life on set was an adventure....

England 1940, Paris has fallen to the Third Reich. Farmer John Cook and society heiress Lady Margaret are waiting for the day when German tanks roll across the green fields of their homes. Both are ready for the moment they will disappear into the woods and the fields to carry out their top-secre...