Stanley Weintraub

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo

Little seems to have changed since Queen Victoria's day in the instant magnetism of British royalty across the Atlantic Ocean; yet for the first gener

As the art world gears up for the 100th anniversary of Whistler's death, "a sparkling narrative that gives us a very intimate account of the artist's

15 Stars presents the intertwined lives of three great men-Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Marshall-against the sweeping background of six unforgettable de

Dramatic hour-by-hour chronicle of the whirlwind events sweeping the world on the calendar day that may be the most momentous of the twentieth century

The epic story of the 1950 Christmas season, when American troops faced extreme cold, a determined enemy, and long odds

In Young Mr. Roosevelt Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appoi

People known to Bernard Shaw had every reason to fear becoming recognisable characters in his plays. He turned Beatrice Webb into a witchlike virago i

Preeminent historian Stanley Weintraub reveals the story behind one of the most remarkable holiday seasons in American history- December 1941- when th

The moving and inspiring story of one of history's most powerful yet forgotten Christmas stories: the spontaneous 1914 Christmas truce.

The must-read music book of the year: Bob Stanley's prequel to Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let's Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell th

A stunning new edition of Bob Stanley's much-loved, acclaimed and bestselling history of pop, Yeah Yeah Yeah.

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. For Stanley and foo

Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his top reads of 2020 Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organisation was simple: To advocate for the world

Just a few of the words of presidential wisdom found in Dear Young Friend: "I rejoice that you have learnt to write,...for as this is done with a g

Bob Stanley's Yeah Yeah Yeah tells the chronological story of the modern pop era, from its beginnings in the fifties with the dawn of the charts, viny