Bøker av Miles Macnair

British India in the middle of the 19th century and two enterprising families from modest origins who made immense fortunes, one from growing and processing indigo and the other from trading opium into China. In this title, their stories are punctuated by shipwrecks, heroic acts in battles, romantic trysts and sudden death.

Here we have the compelling biography of Lady Lucy Houston DBE, campaigner for women's rights, ardent champion of Winston Churchill and devoted Royal Air Force patron.

Who was Olive Wilmot? This title tells the story of a truly remarkable woman who claimed in her later life to be a legitimate niece of King George III, by his brother Henry Duke of Cumberland. It unravels the mysteries of her scandalous life, and offers some solutions to enigmas that have intrigued historians for nearly 200 years.