COCONUT CHAOS (X Rated)

EDITH CAVELL

Diana Souhami brings one of the Great War's finest heroes to life in this biography of a hardworking, courageous and independent woman.

MRS KEPPEL AND HER DAUGHTER

Portrait of Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII and her daughter Violet Trefusis, whose lesbian affair scandalised society.

MURDER AT WROTHAM HILL

England's first celebrity policeman, Fabian of the Yard, the celebrated forensic scientist Keith Simpson, and history's most famous and dedicated hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, feature in this compelling and unique meditation on murder and fate through an examination of the killing in October 1946 of Dagmar Petrzywalski.

SELKIRK'S ISLAND

A seafaring life in 1704 was harsh and cruel. But Alexander Selkirk survived nearly five years marooned on Juan Fernandez, and became the model for Robinson Crusoe.