1868, and bestselling author Wilkie Collins is hard at work on a new detective novel, The Moonstone. But he is weighed down by a mountain of problems - his own sickness, the death of his mother, and, most pressing, the announcement by his live-in mistress that she has tired of his relationship with [...]
A biography that brings to life one of England's greatest writers against the backdrop of Victorian London and all its complexities.[...]
Three of the enthralling novels that brought us the world's greatest fictional detective are gathered here in one volume.
In 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery novel "A Study in Scarlet "unleashed for the first time the unflappable Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. John Watson. Watson and[...]
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognised the world over, for decades he was overshadowed by his creation, Sherlock Holmes - one of literature's most enduring characters. Conan Doyle was a man of many contradictions. Romantic, energetic, idealistic and upstanding, he could also be selfish a[...]
In this riveting account of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and contradictory figures, now available again to celebrate Thomas's 100th birthday, acclaimed biographer Andrew Lycett peels back the layers of story that have accumulated around Dylan Thomas. When he died in New York in 1953[...]
This riveting, acclaimed account of the life of Dylan Thomas takes a poignant yet stirring look at the chaos of the poet's personal life and offers a reevaluation of the lyricism and experimentalism of his entire oeuvre of work.[...]
Ian Fleming's life was just as dramatic as that of his fictional creation, James Bond. Andrew Lycett's direct access to Fleming's family, friends and contemporaries has enabled him to reveal the truth behind the complicated facade of this enigmatic and remarkable man. With an extraordinary cast of c[...]