The real-life eccentric aristocrat who inspired Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited
As Brideshead Revisited turns 80, how Evelyn Waugh took inspiration from a tragic aristocrat in creating his own waywardly-eccentric Sebastian Flyte in his iconic novel of upper class foibles Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Jane Austen was right, this popular seaside town is the best to have a dip
Jane Austen’s links to the sea revealed in a museum exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of her birth. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
What the pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima REALLY thought of the operation
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, a dramatic new account of the quest to build the first nuclear weapon… and the reaction of the men who dropped it Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
The five best World War 2 books ever written according to the UK’s top military historian
Explore the depths of World War II with Sir Antony Beevor’s top book picks Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
I’ve read hundreds of books — one made me turn the pages faster than any other
I read every day but the most recent book I read made me turn the pages faster than any other. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
‘I’m an author and this is how much I have earned self-publishing my books’
A self-published fantasy author has shared just how much she’s earned from her books in the year since the release of her first novel in 2024. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
The ‘page-turner’ book voted by readers as having ‘the most shocking ending’
This novel has left readers stunned with its “mind-blowing” ending. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
From SAS missions to family emergencies: Des Powell’s life lessons in crisis management
Des Powell undertook some of the most dangerous special ops in military history as a member of our Special Forces. Now he’s on a new mission to show how the elite troop’s mindset can help us master More...
The chilling story of Tiberius and the fisherman: cruelty and power in ancient Rome
As he publishes the second book in his acclaimed Nero trilogy, master historical novelist Conn Iggulden on why we are drawn to the extraordinary stories of Rome’s Emperors… and why 2,000 years later More...
The chilling story of Tiberius and the fisherman: cruelty and power in ancient Rome
As he publishes the second book in his acclaimed Nero trilogy, master historical novelist Conn Iggulden on why we are drawn to the extraordinary stories of Rome’s Emperors… and why 2,000 years later More...
