Biography
A radical new portrait of the infamous Roman emperor
A sweeping intellectual biography that restores the Enlightenment polymath to the intellectual, scientific, and courtly worlds that shaped his early life and thought
How Robespierre鈥檚 career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracy
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
A double portrait of two of America鈥檚 most influential writers that reveals the surprising connections between them鈥攁nd their uncanny relevance to our age of crisis
The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual life
A timely and provocative account of the Bible鈥檚 role in one of the most consequential episodes in the history of slavery
A feminist biography of the only woman to become prime minister of Israel
The story of Maecenas and his role in the evolution and continuing legacy of ancient Roman poetry and culture
A monumental intellectual history of the pivotal figure of Hindu nationalism
A multifaceted biography of a brilliant mathematician and iconoclast
An illuminating biography of one of the greatest geometers of the twentieth century
A captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature
The first book in English to examine Leon Battista Alberti鈥檚 major literary works in Latin and Italian, which are often overshadowed by his achievements in architecture
A fascinating portrait of a radical age through the writers associated with a London publisher and bookseller鈥攆rom William Wordsworth and Mary Wollstonecraft to Benjamin Franklin
An engaging reassessment of the celebrated essayist and his relevance to contemporary readers
From the Nobel Prize鈥�winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays
From the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular and scandalous character, from the Middle Ages to #MeToo
The first book-length selection from the extraordinary unpublished diary of the late-Victorian writer 鈥淢ichael Field鈥濃�攖he pen name of two female coauthors and romantic partners
A groundbreaking new account of the author of The Spanish Tragedy that establishes him as a major Elizabethan dramatist
The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylum
A lively and provocative account of Bernard Mandeville and the work that scandalized and appalled his contemporaries鈥攁nd made him one of the most influential thinkers of the eighteenth century
From the Nobel Prize鈥搘inning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist鈥檚 craft
A radical reinterpretation of Adam Smith that challenges economists, moral philosophers, political theorists, and intellectual historians to rethink him鈥攁nd why he matters
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein鈥檚 Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilism
A groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manet鈥檚 family to his art
A new account of the renowned Baroque painter, revealing how her astute professional decisions shaped her career, style, and legacy
The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art
The life and times of Dante鈥檚 soaring poetic allegory of the soul鈥檚 redemptive journey toward God
The untold story of South America鈥檚 most interesting beverage