Biography & Travel Writing

This is Glasgow journalist Cliff Hanley’s sparkling, unsentimental and uproariously...

Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill,...

The classic story of Robert Blair Mayne, late commanding officer of the first Special...

In telling the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie, this book, unusually, places his...

The discovery of a long-forgotten physic garden and the restoration of an old weathered...

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) wrote a diary nearly every day of her life. Originally...

Thomas Telford's genius is reflected in the variety and great technical skill of his...

This title has been revised, with Internet links offering opportunities to hear the...

In this best-selling biography of John Knox, Rosalind K. Marshall traces the life of...

Before the emergence of the steam railway rocketed the likes of Isambard Kingdom Brunel...

Hugh Miller was born in 1802 in Cromarty, Ross-shire. He started his working life as a...

A fascinating look into the history and landscape of the Hebridean Islands. Madeleine...