Through all the years of his reign, Edward I strove to weld a nation united from England, Scotland and Wales. When the mighty Wallace raised the Scots in arms and the Welsh Llewellyn strove for power, Edward stood firm to his resolve, still knowing in his heart how much would be lost when his crown passed down to his dissolute son.

After twelve years of marriage, the once fortuitous union of Henry VIII and Katharine of Aragon has declined into a loveless stalemate. Their only child, Mary, is disregarded as a suitable heir, and Henry's need for a legitimate son to protect the Tudor throne has turned him into a callous and greatly feared ruler.

News of Thomas a Becket's martyrdom has spread throughout Christendom and the blame is laid at the feet of Henry Plantagenet, King of England. Two years later, with Becket canonised, Henry's position is precarious: punished at the Pope's insistence for his part in Becket's death, he now also has an enemy in his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

A biography of novelist, essayist and born-again mystic Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), author of Brave New World and Eyeless in Gaza . The book is a reassessment of one of the most interesting writers of the 20th century, exploring his childhood, education and literary achievements.

This is an account of Aldous Huxley's American years using interviews with Huxley's family and friends, his FBI files and scripts of Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice to provide an intimate glimpse of Huxley's development as an author and a man.