Biographical fiction

"The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th century to the world in this new novel from the author of The Girl in White Gloves. When bookish young American Sylvia..

Filmed for Sky Atlantic, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The Patrick Melrose Novels is the complete collection of Edward St Aubyn's award-winning novels of childhood trauma and aristocratic decadence. This Picador Classics edition features an introdu..

The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick!Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! "Historical fiction at its best!"*   A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan's..

This lively and elegant book by the acclaimed historian Jonathan D. Spence reconstructs an extraordinary episode in the early intercourse between Europe and China. It is the story of John Hu, a lowly but devout Chinese Catholic, who in 1722 accompan..

The Rail Splitter: A Novel by John Cribb tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's remarkable journey from a log cabin to the threshold of the White House-a journey that turns him into one of America's most beloved heroes. Like Old Abe, Cribb's acclaimed..

The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 ¼ Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian ..

In the late autumn of 1889, the body of an unknown woman appeared on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. It was taken to the city morgue behind Notre Dame and put on display for a month, according to protocol. The eerie beauty of the young woman'..

ISBN: 9781907320989Publisher: HOLLAND PARK PRImprint: Holland Park PressPublished date: 17 Nov 2022Language: EnglishWeight: 508g..

From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow comes "historical fiction that feels uncomfortably relevant today" (Kirkus Reviews) about "America's Joan of Arc"--the courageous woman who started a rebellion by leading a strike against ..

Artista genuina, espìritu indomable, fervorosa militante: todo en la vida de Tina Modotti contribuyó a que se convirtiera en leyenda.Apasionada e impetuosa, la personalidad de Tina fue única. Nacida en Italia a finales del siglo XIX, y tras un breve..

With a foreword by Maggie Nelson, an introduction from Frieze editor Andrew Durbin and afterword from Edmund White 'Unforgettable, heartbreaking' New York Times 'As much about friendship, intimacy, and betrayal as it is about sickness. ... Brilliant..

"Based on an historical event, Trinidad Verdín's story reveals the courage, suffering, and lessons a twelve-year-old girl learns about Apaches and herself during her captivity with the Naiche-Geronimo band hiding, fighting, and raiding in northern S..

Makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme. --Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Al..

"Eusebio Francisco Kino, missionary, mathematician, astronomer, navigator, cartographer, explorer, rancher, diplomat, instrument of God's work, and candidate for sainthood. Imagine a seventeenth-century man with these talents and abilities, born to ..

What is the What is Dave Eggers's astonishing novel about one of the world's most brutal civil warsValentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands o..

When life collapses around you in a single day, how do you continue living? ISBN: 9781638084518Publisher: Center PointImprint: Christian Series Level III (24)Published date: 01 Sep 2022Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 500Weight: 640gHeight: 221mmWi..

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF PRIZE 2019****NOMINATED FOR THE MÉDICIS PRIZE 2018**'A tale of travel and adventure, the story of a body utterly surrendered to pain and joy. It is mind-blowing, a delight.' Le MondeLili is a runaway. She's left..

Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn't matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of LA with n..

Es war der 21. Februar 1912. Diesen Tag würde Maria wohl nie vergessen. Maria wächst in einem kleinen emsländischen Dorf in einfachen Verhältnissen auf. Von einem Tag auf den anderen muss sie mit noch nicht mal siebzehn Jahren ihren fünf jüngeren Ge..