Cawthorne Nigel: 90 books

'A racy new history.' Tony Rennell, Daily Mail. How do the USA's 44 Presidents score in the light of #WeToo? This riveting topical history reveals the sexual scandals & secrets (some funny, some sad and some just bizarre) that White House incumbents fought hard to keep away from the public eye, from Donald Trump to George Washington.

In the early hours of 19 March 2011, 22-year-old Sian O’Callaghan left a nightclub in Swindon to make the half-mile journey back to her home. She was never seen alive again. The prime suspect in her disappearance, local taxi driver Christopher Halliwell, was arrested a few days later. Seemingly...

While Jack the Ripper spread fear throughout the East End of London in 1888, another man stalked the streets hunting flesh. He called himself "Walter". He was a rapist, voyeur, and fetishist obsessed with prostitutes. Walter was not only a wealthy man, but a literary one. In the same year...

The criminal history of Australia from bushrangers who robbed, raped and murdered their way across the Outback in the late 18th and 19th centuries to today's breed of celebrity villain, from Ned Kelly and Jack the Rammer to Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read and Alan Bond.

This is the new Popular Reference edition of the fully-illustrated title 'Tyrants', isbn 9781782122555.A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces one hundred of the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate...

Throughout history, there are those who have been labeled "dictator" or "tyrant." Their influence, while an important part of history, had a negative impact. Readers explore the lives of some of the world's most notorious tyrants, including Nero and Qaddafi. How they lived, how they died, and their impact on history are revealed.