In this biography of Charlotte Bronte, Rebecca Fraser places Charlotte's life within the perceptual framework of contemporary attitudes to women. She shares her admiration for a woman prepared to stand out agaist some of the cruellest Victorian ideas about her sex.[...]

An anecdotal account about the men and women who helped found Britain's national institutions discusses how their achievements reflected such historical endeavors as liberty, the rule of law, and parliamentary democracy, in an epic volume that features such individuals as Thomas More, William Wilber[...]