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.

Dr Amanda Foreman gave the inaugural HarperCollins biography lecture, which explored the techniques and practices behind historical biographical research and writing as used in Georgiana, and in ...

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

The result is a sympathetic biography in so far as the writer puts himself dramatically in the place of Hutchinson ; it is also, though to less extent, a critical study of the character of the man ...

Biography, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Fall 1990), pp. 283-299 (17 pages) The article is an effort to relate biography, the history of an individual, and sociography, the history of a society. The focus is on the ...

The groundbreaking biography broke all known record sales of a female historical subject by a female author. The book launched Antonia Fraser's career and she went on to write eight more ...

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." ...

John Bew has been awarded the 2017 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography for his book Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee (riverrun/Quercus).

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 ...

Sisters Annabel Ramirez, 17, left, and Alexis Ramirez, 17, display their biography exhibits during the inaugural Black History Month biography fair Feb. 1 at the Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee ...