Political control & freedoms

‘Gripping and profoundly moving’ DAMON GALGUT

‘Deft and operatic’ OBSERVER

A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023

It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong.

‘I’ve fallen in love with this fabulous foursome … They are a phenomenon!’ Drew Barrymore

From @theoldgays, the internet’s most beloved foursome, a book of inspirational stories and aspirational advice for living life at the fullest.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

Winner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023

‘Epic, moving and important’ ROBERT HARRIS

How Russians, the Rich and the Government Try to Prevent Free Speech and How to Stop Them.

‘ESSENTIAL’ Amal Clooney‘AUTHORITATIVE’ Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC‘IMPORTANT ’Baroness Helena Kennedy KC‘COULD HARDLY BE MORE TIMELY’ Alan Rusbridger

‘Impressive … Fascinating’ Sunday Times

‘An authoritative history’ Financial Times

‘Gripping and richly researched’ Rana Mitter

A superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule.

’Anyone interested in the future of autocracy should buy it’ Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Demoracy

**Winner of the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing**

A devastating account of China’s genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading Uyghur activist and Time #100 nominee

How identity politics failed one particular identity.

‘a must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do.’ SARAH SILVERMAN

‘a masterpiece.’STEPHEN FRY

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

‘A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history … Eye-opening, engrossing’Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half 

In her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible storIES of three women who raised three world-changing men.

‘Essential reading for anyone interested in Turkey and its future’ Literary Review

‘Essential reading full stop’ Peter Frankopan

‘It is a must’ The Times

It has been called the political crime of the century: This book from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Greg Miller uncovers for the first time the truth behind the Kremlin’s attempt to put Trump in the White House, how they did it, when and why.

The Sunday Times Bestseller

‘THE BOOK EVERY VOTER MUST READ’ Mail on Sunday

‘Meticulous and highly readable … Funny and devastating’ Daily Telegraph

‘The most compelling in-depth study so far’ Guardian