Biography

Imperial Divas

The Vicereines of India
by Penny and Roger Beaumont

In1858 the entire landmass of India came under direct control of the British Crown. To reflect the status and role of the Governor-General as representative of the monarch to the feudal rulers of the princely states, the term Viceroy and Governor-General of India was applied. His consort was accordingly elevated to Vicereine.

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Price: £15.99

Gandhi

The Man, His People and The Empire
by Rajmohan Gandhi

This monumental and bestselling biography of one of the most intriguing figures of the 20th century, written by his grandson, is the first to give a complete and balanced account of Gandhi's remarkable life. Written with unprecedented insight with access to family archives, this is the definitive biography.

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Price: £10.39

Admiral Togo

The Nelson of the East
by Jonathan Clements

This new biography spans Japan's sudden, violent leap out of its self-imposed isolation and into the 20th century. Delving beyond Togo's finest hour at the Battle of Tsushima, it portrays the life of a diffident Japanese sailor in Victorian Britain, his reluctant celebrity in America (where he was laid low by Boston cooking and welcomed by his biggest fan, Theodore Roosevelt), forgotten wars over the short-lived Republics of Ezo and Formosa, and the accumulation of peacetime experience that forged a wartime hero.

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The King of Carnaby Street

The Life of John Stephen
by Jeremy Reed

In 1956 John Stephen took a lease on the newly available 5 Carnaby Street – he was to remark later ‘If I hadn’t had a very understanding landlord, that would have been the end of me. But he led me around the corner to Carnaby Street, showed me a shop and suggested I got to work right away.’

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Lenin


by Sean Sheehan

'Lenin' is a new title in our Life & Times Series.

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Price: £6.40