1 Women and Love. The New Hite Report: A Cultural Revolution in Progress by Shere Hite (Viking, 1988).
1 Almost a Gentleman. An Autobiography: Vol. II 1955-66 by John Osborne (Faber, 1991).
1 Madonna Unauthorised by Christopher Andersen (Joseph, 1991).
1 Théroigne de Méricourt: A Melancholic Woman during the French Revolution by Elisabeth Roudinesco, translated by Martin Thom (Verso, 1991).
2 Women and the Limits of Citizenship in the French Revolution by Olwen Hufton (Toronto, 1992).
1 The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe by Charles Nicholl (Cape, 1992).
1 The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America by John Demos (Knopf, 1994).
1 As If by Blake Morrison (Granta, 1997).
2 The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child who Murdered by Gitta Sereny (Pimlico, 1995).
1 The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette by Chantal Thomas, translated by Julie Rose (Zone, 1999).
1 Hellish Nell: Last of Britain’s Witches by Malcolm Gaskill (Fourth Estate, 2001).
1 Saint Thérèse of Lisieux by Kathryn Harrison (Weidenfeld, 2003).
2 The Voices of Gemma Galgani: The Life and Afterlife of a Modern Saint by Rudolph Bell and Cristina Mazzoni (Chicago, 2003).
3 The Disease of Virgins: Green Sickness, Chlorosis and the Problems of Puberty by Helen King (Routledge, 2003).
4 ‘A Wonderful Little Girl’: The True Story of Sarah Jacob, the Welsh Fasting Girl by Siân Busby (Short Books, 2004).
1 Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution by Ruth Scurr (Chatto, 2006).
1 Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox (Phoenix, 2008).
1 Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary by Miri Rubin (Allen Lane, 2009).
1 Danton: The Gentle Giant of Terror by David Lawday (Cape, 2009).
1 Charles Brandon: Henry VIII’s Closest Friend by Steven Gunn (Amberley, 2015).
1 Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower by Susan Higginbotham (Amberley, 2016).