David G. Gitkov has invited readers on a journey spanning continents, seas, and decades in A Long, Long Watch: Volume II: The Sea: 1925 to 1946. This remarkable historical biography chronicles ...

Uncover extraordinary lives with our list of the best biographies of all time. From historical figures to modern icons, discover the books that tell it all.

Why Biography? Why not wars or battles? Given that every event in history is shaped by people, biography is naturally the best way we have of understanding why those people made the decisions they ...

In this biography of three generations of women, Jung Chang tells the stories of the women in her family who lived through some of the most turbulent decades in Chinese history — including Chang ...

In addition to being foundational to the biographical genre, modern group biographies are excellent sources of historical trivia, ideas, and, happily, gossip.

She's been famous for 12 years, in literary-historical circles, as the author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, which won the Whitbread Prize for Best Biography in 1998.

Twenty-five years and 94 issues later, Christian History & Biography still strives (as our mission statement says) "to explore the Christian heritage in a nonsectarian and warm-hearted spirit." ...

NEW DELHI: Noted historian and biographer Ramachandra Guha has said that India offers an "inhospitable" atmosphere for writing historical biographies.

Guha explained why he believes the biography, unlike novels, plays or poetry, is an underdeveloped genre in India-giving seven reasons why-and also gave the audience a few rules or 'laws' for ...