Souhami, Diana

Gertrude and Alice by Diana Souhami ( Book )
24 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,310 libraries worldwide

Selkirk's Island : the true and strange adventures of the real Robinson Crusoe by Diana Souhami ( Book )
17 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 1,260 libraries worldwide
Offers an account of the life and experiences of Alexander Selkirk, whose adventures and solitary struggle for survival after being marooned on a desert island inspired Daniel Defoe's classic novel "Robinson Crusoe."

Mrs. Keppel and her daughter by Diana Souhami ( Book )
11 editions published between 1996 and 1998 in English and held by 1,026 libraries worldwide
"An electrifying study of Mrs. Keppel-- famously King Edward VII's mistress-- and her daughter Violet Trefusis-- notoriously Vita Sackville-West's lover." -- Daily Telegraph (London).

The trials of Radclyffe Hall by Diana Souhami ( Book )
11 editions published between 1998 and 1999 in English and held by 503 libraries worldwide

Wild girls : Paris, Sappho, and art -- the lives and loves of Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks by Diana Souhami ( Book )
9 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 401 libraries worldwide

Greta and Cecil by Diana Souhami ( Book )
17 editions published between 1994 and 2001 in English and held by 367 libraries worldwide
A dual biography that reveals the secret life and the extraordinary relationship of Hollywood's legendary pair: Greta Garbo and Cecil Beaton, celebrated Hollywood photographer who immortalized her image.

Gluck, 1895-1978 : her biography by Diana Souhami ( Book )
7 editions published between 1988 and 2001 in English and held by 330 libraries worldwide

Coconut chaos by Diana Souhami ( Book )
10 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 228 libraries worldwide
At dawn on 27 April 1789 Fletcher Christian, master's mate on the HMS Bounty, took a coconut to quench his thirst from the supply on the quarterdeck... He thought this an 'act of no consequence', as insignificant as the flutter of a butterfly's wings. But the consequences followed: mutiny; Captain Bligh's navigation 3000 miles across the Pacific in an open boat in violent weather without maps or supplies and with starving men; the colonising of Pitcairn Island; the shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef of HMS Pandora sent to capture the mutineers; and, two hundred years later, the seduction of the narrator in a rudderless yacht on stormy seas...

A woman's place : the changing picture of women in Britain by Diana Souhami ( Book )
3 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 204 libraries worldwide

Edith Cavell by Diana Souhami ( Book )
3 editions published in 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 136 libraries worldwide
Edith Cavell was born on 4th December 1865, daughter of the vicar of Swardeston in Norfolk, and shot in Brussels on 12th October 1915 by the Gestapo for sheltering British and French soldiers and helping them escape over the Belgian border.