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The National Portrait Gallery's series of compact, fully illustrated, historical guides to literary and artistic personalities and themes. Written by well known contemporary authors, they examine the lives, thoughts and relationships within each selected group through works from the Gallery's Collection.

Charles Nicholl pieces together the shadowy story of Rimbaud s life as a trader, explorer and gun-runner.

Travels in Thailand and Burma in 1968, learning about the spiritual traditions of forest Buddhism.

Charles Nicholl has written two travel books, The Fruit Palace and Borderlines, a study of Elizabethan alchemy, The Chemical Theatre, and a biography of the pamphleteer Thomas Nashe, A Cup of News. He has also written a reconstruction of Sir Walter Ralegh's search for El Dorado, The Creature in the Map, and Somebody Else, which won the 1998 Hawthornden Prize. His work has appeared in Granta, Rolling Stone and the Independent.

Maler, Erfinder, Anatom, Musiker und Philosoph: Leonardo da Vinci gilt als einer der vielseitigsten und genialsten der großen Künstler - und als der geheimnisvollste. Obwohl er für sein Werk seit Jahrhunderten gefeiert wird, bleibt seine Person an sich schwer fassbar, verbleibt ein Großteil seiner Lebensgeschichte im Verborgenen. Historisch genau und zugleich spannend erzählt das Buch die Geschichte von Leonardos Leben - seiner Kindheit als Wa...

Der Verlust seiner Mutter und die ständige Beobachtung durch eine Öffentlichkeit, die keinen Skandal verzeiht - Harry führt ein Leben zwischen königlichem Luxus und bitteren Schicksalsschlägen. Als sich der Prinz von Großbritannien und Nordirland im November 2017 mit der amerikanischen Schauspielerin Meghan Markle verlobt, jubelt die ganze Welt. Begleiten Sie Harry durch die bewegenden Momente seines Lebens und erfahren Sie bisher unbekannte H...

With evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compelling, detailed account of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked during the time in which he wrote such plays as "Othello, Measure for Measure, " and "King Lear." Unabridged. 8 CDs.

Maler, Erfinder, Anatom, Musiker und Philosoph: Leonardo da Vinci gilt als einer der vielseitigsten und genialsten der großen Künstler - und als der geheimnisvollste. Obwohl er für sein Werk seit Jahrhunderten gefeiert wird, bleibt seine Person an sich schwer fassbar, verbleibt ein Großteil seiner Lebensgeschichte im Verborgenen. Historisch genau und zugleich spannend erzählt das Buch die Geschichte von Leonardos Leben - seiner Kindheit als Wa...

Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English for several decades.

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In this compelling biography of the infamous author of "A Season in Hell", Nicholl pieces together the story of Rimbaud's life when he turned his back on poetry, France, and fame for a life of wandering in East Africa. 38 halftones. Map.

This is a biographical study of Arthur Rimbaud's "lost years", the years after he turned his back on poetry, fame and France. Charles Nicholl pieces together the story of Rimbaud's life as a trader, explorer and gun-runner in Africa.

In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster-and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. In "The Lodger Shakespeare, " Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating but little-known episode in the Bard's life. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compellingly detailed account of the circumstances in which Shakespeare liv...

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Acclaimed author Charles Nicholl presents a brilliantly drawn detective story with entirely new insights into Shakespeare's life. With evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compelling, detailed account of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked during the time in which he wrote such plays as Othello, Measure for Measure, and King Lear.

In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare's life.

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