William Cavendish, the father of the first Earl, dissolved monasteries for Henry VIII. Bess, his second wife, was gaoler-companion to Mary Queen of Scots during her long imprisonment in England.
Following on from the success of A N. Wilson's THE VICTORIANS, Roy Hattersley's major new appraisal of Edwardian Britain is his finest book to date
* Buster - an Alsatian and Staffordshire Bull terrier crossbreed owned by Roy Hattersley -shares his wit and wisdom on a wide range of canine dilemmas.
* As with Hattersley's THE EDWARDIANS, this is a brilliant, masterly and richly detailed reassessment of the social and political landscape of a pivotal period - the interwar years
* A charming, first-person celebration of England and Englishness by our foremost politician-turned-writer, out now in paperback
* A brilliant biography of one of our greatest politicians, from the highly acclaimed Roy Hattersley, out now in paperback