Untold StoriesHere, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic Writing Home, in a beautiful hardback edition. Untold Stories contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996 2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Bennett, as always, is both amusing and poignant, whether he's discussing

along with a manuscript copy of the novel that made him a household name

One English tourist makes Mamarrosa the subject of her fantasy of a new life

the austerity of the 1940s had Agatha Christie preparing to kill off Hercule Poirot

saving young Arthur Weatherburn

They killed one lawyer 22 years ago

love is never far from violence

Hoping to find the mythical butterfly that will make his name and immortalise that of his wife

ocean-front house in America

**A brilliant new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalised it

the Radiant Boy the Magus needs in order to perfect the alchemy that will transform London of the 1600s into a golden city

a little stunner half Murena's age who allegedly spent an inordinate amount of time 'under the doctor'

He will kill to protect her and everyone involved in the case is a target