Ancient trees, some over a thousand years old, are dotted around the British Isles, the last survivors of a lost world. Now, new scientific studies of these trees and of fossilised forests and of our oldest wooden artifacts can help us to understand the many woodlands that have disappeared from our landscapes.
This is the simplest tale in the world. Two people meet and fall in love. But the route which brought Larissa Salmina and Francis Haskell to a backstreet Venetian restaurant in 1962 was anything but straightforward.
Relive the last day in Pompeii in this immersive story, based on the city’s real residents
‘James comes alive in full flamboyance … Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry of a tumultuous reign’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Brings the backbiting and power struggles of the Jacobean court to life with wit and vigour’ OBSERVER
‘A warts and all story told with compassion’ PHILIPPA GREGORY
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‘Popular history at its best’ Spectator
‘Boisterous… replete with stabbings, bashing and thumping’ Daily Mail
Russia has more trees than there are stars in our galaxy, and the forest lies at the heart of this vast nation’s history and culture.
Will his ambition be her destiny or her downfall?
Praise for Joanna Hickson:
WINSTON CHURCHILL called it ‘the worst journey in the world’. But was even this telling quote, describing the nightmarish torment experienced while transporting military aid to northern Russia during World War Two, an understatement?
The first non-fiction book from the comedy legend – an irresistible, family-friendly deep dive into the murky lives of the British monarchy
‘Jonnie made me see London through a whole new set of eyes, the beauty in every corner of it. He is full of intrigue, facts and fun. I treasure living in London, and he has been a huge part of my love for the place I now call home.’ James Corden
A Spectator Best Book of the Year
Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world.
