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Biography - HH Recommends

 
The Chronology of Water 18 March 2019 How do you reclaim a broken life? If you're Lidia Yuknavitch, by writing about it
The Five 19 February 2019 A lucid and gripping group biography that explodes sensationalist myth-making
Devices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England 21 November 2018 Commanding, tough, and fair, Bess of Hardwick is hard not to admire
A Spy Named Orphan, by Roland Philipps 12 June 2018 A sympathetic, nuanced and informative biography of Donald Maclean
Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory 09 September 2016 Caroline Jackson recommends 'Dadland' by Keggie Carew
The Low Voices 17 August 2016 A poignant autobiographical novel about the author's family and their experiences in Franco's Spain
A Life Discarded 20 July 2016 Caroline Jackson recommends 'A Life Discarded' by Alexander Masters
All at Sea 18 April 2016 Juliet Nicolson recommends 'All at Sea' by Decca Aitkenhead
No More Champagne 07 April 2016 Lord King recommends 'No More Champagne' by David Lough
When Breath Becomes Air 28 March 2016 A life-affirming reflection on mortality
A House Full of Daughters 24 March 2016 A personal investigation into seven generations of woman
Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet 17 March 2016 A rare portrait of one of Rome's greatest writers
Iris Grace 25 February 2016 The Story of A Little Girl Whose Talent Unlocked her Silent World
Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Historian 18 February 2016 Notable essays on the great man's historical philosophy and the significance of his work
The Outrun 15 February 2016 Sublime nature writing in this dazzling memoir
The Vanishing Man 05 February 2016 In Pursuit of Velaquez
Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story 21 December 2015 Lucy Moore recommends Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story
A House in St. John's Wood 01 December 2015 David Astor recommends 'A House in St. John's Wood' by Matthew Spender
Something Will Turn Up: Britain's economy, past, present and future 26 November 2015 A personal look at our economy over half a century
The White Road: a pilgrimage of sorts 16 November 2015 Another tour de force from the much-loved potter
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist 29 October 2015 Flora Fraser recommends 'Kissinger' by Niall Ferguson
A Very Private Celebrity 13 October 2015 Peter Hennessy recommends 'A Very Private Celebrity: The Nine Lives of John Freeman'
The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue 17 September 2015 The exciting life and times of Frederick Forsyth
Living in the Sound of the Wind: A Personal Quest for WH Hudson 18 August 2015 A life extraordinary, recommended by Literary Review
A Very Private Celebrity: The Nine Lives of John Freeman 17 August 2015 A valuable biography of one of Britain's most private public figures
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York 14 August 2015 A republished masterpiece on New York's most ambitious son
Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot 03 August 2015 Recommended in our Summer List 2015
Renishaw Hall: The Story of the Sitwells 26 July 2015 Literary Review Book of the Month at Heywood Hill
Deng Xiaoping: A Revolutionary Life 23 July 2015 Using hitherto unmined Russian documents shatters the myth around the man
Bloomsbury's Outsider: A Life of David Garnett 18 July 2015 An in-depth look at one of the great literary figures of the last century
The Millionaire and the Bard 15 July 2015 Lord Browne recommends 'The Millionaire and the Bard' by Andrea Mays
Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske 13 July 2015 An unconventional tale of a fisherman turned artist
The Last English Poachers 09 July 2015 An anecdote-rich look at a disappearing way of life
Noisy at the Wrong Times 08 July 2015 David Mlinaric recommends 'Noisy at the Wrong Times' by Michael Volpe
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva 02 July 2015 Literary Review Book of the Month at Heywood Hill
Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories 21 June 2015 Juliet Nicolson recommends 'Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories' by Tom Grant
A Spy Among Friends 13 May 2015 Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography
Curzon 11 May 2015 Recommended by Sir Sherard Cowper Coles: 'The best biography I have ever read'
Have you been good? 06 May 2015 A moving memoir of motherhood and loss
A Curious Friendship 08 April 2015 Nonfiction Book of the Month: The fruitful friendship of Edith Olivier and Rex Whistler
Napoleon 22 March 2015 Paperback of the Month - The great man's life retold in style
The Sun King by Nancy Mitford 13 March 2015 Recommended by Andre Leon Talley: 'It changed my life'
Universal Man 12 March 2015 John Maynard Keynes: connoisseur, intellectual, public official & statesman
A Different Kind of Weather 05 March 2015 A candid view of a life spent in British politics
Red Notice 20 February 2015 An expose of the murder & posthumous show trial of Sergei Magnitsky

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