Jean Webster

This biography of Sylvia Plath differs radically from the commonly held view of her tragic life (and death) by shifting the blame away from Ted Hughes and suggesting Plath's deep-rooted personality difficulties.

Fay, celebrated ex-singer, meets the theatrical Julia and they begin a relationship of mutual distrust. It is a friendship sustained through loneliness, desperation and the morbid attraction of opposite characteristics as both women remain out of step with the time in which they live.

Will Rupert Cazalet's marriage survive the long parting and the secrets he and his wife hide from each other?  Book 4 of series.

An insight into the character and work of one of Britain's most popular actresses in the 40s and 50s.

Polly and Clary have left Home Place for London, where Archie Lestrange keeps a close eye on them; Louise, surprisingly, has married; Polly makes a painful discovery; Zoe, despairing of Rupert's return, stumbles upon solace, while Edward's duplicity demands a reckoning.  Book 3 of series.

Vivid and revealing account of the life and character of the celebrated author of 'Rebecca' and 'Jamaica Inn'

Continuing the story of the Herries Family, through 50 years from the summer fair at Keswick to the coronation of Queen Victoria. Judith Paris is the only person who can prevent Walter Herries destroying everyone in Fell House.  Book 3 of series.

Garbo - a woman of unique allure, a great screen actress and a legend in her twenties. For nearly fifty years, until her death on 15 April 1990, this extraordinary and mysterious woman jealously guarded her seclusion and privacy from all comers.

The extraordinary story of the Grimaldis family and their principality of Monaco, from their 12th-century origins as Genoese pirates to the current ruler, Prince Rainier III. The book looks at 800 years of Grimaldis rule over "the rock", including surviving the French Revolution and two World Wars.

A remarkable insight into the mind of a woman who became a famous writer and remained a person of warmth, wisdom and integrity.The author writes of her early life, from the time she was very small until, at the age of 25, her first novel had been published.

A collection of the author's weekly columns written for The Spectator in which she airs her views on matters domestic of every variety, in town or in the country. Cookery and horticulture, the vagaries of children, neighbours, cats and appliances all acquire an elegance under her touch of pleasantly witty brevity.

The beguiling biography of Lady Randolph Churchill, famous American beauty and wit, mother of an equally famous and volatile son, Winston.

Judith Paris arouses feelings of both tenderness and despair in those around her and excites the passions of two very different men: the sturdy, affectionate Reuben, her half-cousin; and Georges, a Frenchman, whose wilful nature seems to respond to her own.  Book 2 of series.

Chronicles of the Cazalet family from 1937 to 1938 as the storm clouds of war gather over Europe.  Book 1 of series.

Amusing and poignant story of adolescence and the experiences of war-time 1939-41.  Book 2 of series.

The actress and Hollywood star reveals her personalities as a performer and as a private person.

This selective and intuitive biography of the writer E M Forster is a fascinating, delightful and provocative read.

The tale of Francis Herries, the "rogue" of the title. A violent and impetuous man, a faithless husband and a capricious father. The Borrowdale valley (his home for 40 years) and his unrequited love for gypsy Mirabell Starr are the two forces which drive him.  Book 1 of series.

The life story of writer Rose Macaulay.

Part l. The author's first l8 years - her separation from her parents and India;

The life and times of Nancy Spain, popular journalist of the 1950s, whose unique and delightful character won her many admirers.

This is the story of the family fortunes from the 1870s to the 1930s. Vanessa's father dies in tragic circumstances and a distance comes between her and Benjie. Will they ever be reunited?  Book 4 of series.