Non fiction but not autobiographies

[theonewiththenoisychild]

Can anybody recommend a book or author?

Well about what? I like history....I find Antonia Fraser's The Weaker Vessel fascinating. It's about women's role in society during the 17th century...lots of true stories and fascinating facts about what women did about childbirth, education, war...

Also "London Labour and the London Poor" it's an amzing journal thing which was written about Victorian London....a sort of peek into the working people of London but it's done in a journalistic way...very factual but the details are amazing. THe author looks at all of the jobs in London and studies the workers...everything from maids to beggars to market stall-keepers and washer-women.

I also recently read The Fatal Shore which is a look at Australia from the time the Brits arrived. Convicts and all that. Mad stuff.

I like true stories but nothing with child abuse in. But font mind ones that make me cry

The Fatal Shore

Driving Over Lemons

Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat

A Train in Winter

Penguins Stopped Play

Thanks i'll look them up

I'll second Agent Zigzag. Totally unbelievable but all true. The film Triple Cross was based on Eddie Chapman's story.

I'm currently reading The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson. It's very entertaining and informative.

theonewiththenoisychild I would recommend "Mum's List" if you like true story that will make you cry - this one fits extremely well under that category...

Lady (Catherine) Meyer's book, "They Are My Children Too", followed by "The Key?" as they complement one another perfectly.

In addition to my last post (Mon 21-May-12 15:43:49), I would add Madeleine (Kate McCann) to the list and read it second if you want an intriguing read of interconnecting true stories.

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.