The inspiring story of one of the greatest jockeys ever whose legacy lives on. 'A remarkable story, brilliantly told.' Irish Examiner 'Inspiring, heart-breaking and unforgettable.' Brough Scott
She revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No.5. Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was an icon. But how closely did her carefully moulded image match the truth?
A moving yet illuminating story of how a well-known horticulturist was killed in Gallipoli just after being married; it combines a tale of botany, of being a soldier in World War I, and a tragic love story - written Alice Lane's grandson by her second marriage, who discovered letters after her death.
Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. In this book - part memoir, part history, part reflection - his daughter, Shirin Wheeler, examines her father's journalistic legacy and brings her personal knowledge to bear on the project.
Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden is a fascinating personal account by Quentin Bell and his daughter Virginia Nicholson of the extraordinary Bloomsbury Group country house, its history and the lives of those who lived in it.
The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah during the 1950s Red Scare. While living abroad he made his last, and by general agreement, worst films, only to return home years later to a triumphant reception.
In praise of Charlie D. "Falloon's eloquent explication of the life of the legendary Charlie D delivers a good read while exposing that most under-publicized commodity of them all-a mega-trader with a low public profile whose superhuman trading abilities were exceeded by only one thing-the extended reach of his heart and soul. " -Patrick H.