Custody is the first book for general readers on the history of child custody, an issue that affects so many lives and a question that seems fundamental to our experience and understanding of family. It’s also an act of dramatic storytelling, blistering polemic and large-scale historical re-evaluation.
‘Compulsively readable’ – Times Literary Supplement
‘An outstanding work’ – Philippa Gregory
‘A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity’ – Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence
THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
A Times Book of the Year; A Telegraph Book of the Year; A Daily Mail Book of the Year; A Waterstones Book of the Year
‘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL
WINNER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER’S LITERARY PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALKLEY BOOK AWARD
Nagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all…
NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.
Eleven years when Britain had no king.
‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane
‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics
A frank and witty memoir of life at the Bar and on the Bench, from former High Court Judge The Hon. Sir Harry Ognall.
This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain.
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‘As good as being in the gallery. Enthralling.’ Peter Ackroyd, The Times
The original transcript of the famous Wilde vs Queensberry trial, containing previously unseen details and exchanges. With extensive footnotes and a new introduction, this definitive account is a dramatic read that will delight Wilde enthusiasts and the general reader.
