Richard Bradford

It is hard to overstate the role that John Milton played in the historical, political, and literary controversies of seventeenth century England, his writings and very life challenged the status quo. Struggling to reconcile his private beliefs with his involvement with a radical political experiment, a republic which involved the killing of the monarch, his star rose and fell several times during his life. Married three times, struck blind at a cruelly...

Explores the life and career of British novelist and world citizen Martin Amis. A portrait of the author covers his relationship with his famous novelist father, the autobiographical elements in his written works, and his recent focus on contemporary global politics.

"Made famous by the great success of her psychological thrillers, The Talented Mr Ripley and Strangers on a Train, Patricia Highsmith is lauded as one of the most influential and celebrated modern writers. However, there has never been a clear picture of the woman behind the books. The relationship between Highsmith's lesbianism, her fraught personality - by parts self-destructive and malicious - and her fiction, has been largely avoided by biographers....