Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England.

Codenamed 'Renegade' by his Secret Service protectors, this title portrays an historic candidate and his - until now - inscrutable character and campaign in detail, from his university lecturer's office in Iowa to the Oval Office in Washington. It is not just an election epic but also an insightful biography of the President of the United States.

Written from the perspective of an ordinary 'Tommy', this book is a testament to the human spirit, for out of the mud that threatened to suck out a man's soul rises a compelling story of humanity and friendship.

The first instalment of the highly anticipated biography of Henry VIII, written by one of the UK's most popular, established and exciting historians. 'Henry: Virtuous Prince' is a radical re-evaluation of the monarchy's most enduring icon.

Leonid Eitingon was a KGB killer. Max Eitingon was a colleague of Freud's. Motty Eitingon was a New York fur dealer whose connections with the Soviet Union made him the largest trader in the world. The author, who began looking into aspects of this family, also throws light into some of the darkest corners of the last century.

Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, a man who not only got away with faking His Majesty's coins, but was trying to take over the Mint itself.

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to the Nobel Prize, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the World has ever seen. This work faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character.

As the son of a noble family which was nearly wiped out in the Revolution and as an ambitious politician during the July Monarchy and the Second Republic, Alexis de Tocqueville had a front seat at the revolutionary drama of his time. This biography helps readers see the past as if it were the present.

You have the most dangerous job in the world's most dangerous place. You are responsible for bomb disposal in the British sector of Iraq. You are the last defence against oblivion. All you can hear is the sound of your own blood pounding through your veins. This could be your last moment on earth. It's just you and the bomb.

A revelatory look at the life of Britain's greatest ever statesman. For historian Paul Johnson, Winston Churchill remains an enigma in need of unravelling. Soldier, parliamentarian, Prime Minister, orator, painter, writer, husband and leader - all of these facets combine to make Churchill one of the most complex and fascinating personalities in history.

Osama bin Laden is the western world's most wanted terrorist. Intent on secrecy at all costs, his personal life has been shrouded in mystery. This book reveals the truth about the character and life of a man both feared and revered around the globe. It takes us inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden.

He usurped his father's throne, he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years, and taxed his people more than any other previous king. Yet for centuries Edward III was celebrated as one of the brilliant kings England had ever had. This work shows how Edward provided the impetus for his fifty-year reign.

Constantine: Unconquered Emperor, Christian Victor is a survey of the life and enduring legacy of the greatest and most unjustly ignored of the later Roman emperors.

A concise new life of Hitler with an accompanying DVD chronicling the Fuehrer's rise and fall.

The election of Barack Obama as America's first black president in November 2008 has spawned a renewed interest in Martin Luther King's role as an agent and prophet of political change in the United States.

Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries of those who lived through it. This title tells the story of five everyday folk, who, living on the brink of chaos, recorded privately on paper their intimate hopes and fears.

Presents a portrait of Ronald Reagan.

Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cementing its position as a major player on the European stage and saviour of the Holy Roman Empire.

For thousands of years we have recorded real lives - the lives of others, and of ourselves. For what purpose and for whom has this universal and timeless pursuit endured? What obstacles have lain in the path of biographers in the past, and what continues to confound biographers today? This title answers these questions.

Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the leading personalities of the Middle Ages, and also one of the most controversial. Having inherited a vast feudal domain stretching from the Loire to the Pyrenees, she was one of the greatest heiresses in history. This biography offers a perspective on this woman.