Biography

A new biography of Scotland's national poet that explodes the Burns myth, replacing the ram-stam lad of popular cliche with the real, living Burns. He is revealed as a Scottish patriot of the heart, an idealist who wished for freedom and liberty for his beloved Scotland, but also a man who was pragmatically a British patriot who risked his life for democratic reform by opposing the tyrannical sedition laws of Prime Minister William Pitt and the corrupt Hanovarian crown.

Hardback. 368 pages. NEW.

George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of dairies eleven of which are presented here. Covering the period 1931-49, this volume follows Orwell from his early years as a writer up to his last literary notebook. The diaries provide a new and entirely refreshing insight into Orwell's character and understanding his great litery works.

Published by Harvill Secker, London. Hardback. 520 pages. NEW.

This well researched life of P.G. Wodehouse is the definitive exploration of the genius behind Jeeves and Wooster. From Wodehouse's formative years in Edwardian London to his adventures on Broadway and in thirties Hollywood, as well as his controversial wartime experience.

Penguin. Softback. 542 pages. NEW.