Biography
A range of biographical studies, with an emphasis on the lives of writers, poets, artists, architects, educators and religious figures.
The Latin Clerk:
The Life, Work and Travels of Adrian Fortescue
By Aidan Nichols
An insightful biography of the Roman Catholic priest, scholar and traveller Adrian Fortescue, showing the breadth of his interests and achievements.
ISBN: 9780718892746
ISBN: 9780718842017
Man of Mercury:
The Mind of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke
By S.W. Jackman
A fascinating account of the life and thought of one of the leading Tory figures of the Georgian era.
ISBN: 9780718891527
Mary Sumner:
Mission, Education and Motherhood: Thinking a Life with Bourdieu
By Sue Anderson-Faithful
A biographical study of the Victorian educator Mary Sumner, locating her religious and social activism in the context of class, gender and empire.
ISBN: 9780718894948
ISBN: 9780718894955
Masters of their Craft:
The Art, Architecture and Garden Design of the Nesfields
By Shirley Rose Evans
A masterful work of biography and garden and art history, describing the styles and legacy of the eminent Victorian designers the Nesfields.
ISBN: 9780718893231
ISBN: 9780718842406
ISBN: 9780718842413
Memory and Legacy:
A Thackeray Family Biography 1876–1919
By John Aplin
Volume II of a major biographical study of William Thackeray and his family, including shedding new light on the lives of his daughters Minny and Annie.
ISBN: 9780718892258
ISBN: 9780718842123
Nature's Interpreter:
The Life and Times of Alexander von Humboldt
By Donald McCrory
An important new biography of the scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, based on the most recent research and scholarship.
ISBN: 9780718892319
Passion For Living:
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
By R.E. Pritchard
A literary biography of the poet and libertine John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, seeing his work in the literary, intellectual and political contexts of his time.
ISBN: 9780718892999
ISBN: 9780718840679
ISBN: 9780718840549
ISBN: 9780718840662
Priest in Deep Water:
Charles Hopkins and the 1911 Seamen's Strike
By R.W.H. Miller
An account of the remarkable life of Charles Plomer Hopkins, the maritime chaplain and trades unionist who led the first international seamen's strike.
ISBN: 9780718892326
Private Lives of the Ancient Mariner:
Coleridge and his Children
By Molly Lefebure
A fascinating new study of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, illuminating the poet's deeply troubled personality and relationship with his family.
ISBN: 9780718893002
ISBN: 9780718841904
ISBN: 9780718841911
ISBN: 9780718841898
By Celia Deane-Drummond, Sigurd Bergmann and Markus Vogt (editors)
