Vincent Cronin is well known for his historical biographies and for his two-volume history of the Renaissance ("Probably the best book that has ever been written on the Renaissance" Times Education Supplement). He published his first book, The Golden Honeycomb, in 1954, and has since built a reputation as one of the finest historians of his generation. His other historical biographies include Louis and Antoinette, Catherine, Empress of All the Russias and Napoleon, which has been translated into eight languages and is a standard biography in both Britain and France ("To present Napoleon plausibly...takes nerve, originality, prodigious powers of research and a true historical imagination", Michael Foot, Standard). His dual biography of Louis and Antoinette ("an impressive addition to the small list of biographies that are neither journalism nor Christmas pudding", Robin Lane Fox) and his biography of Catherine, Empress of All the Russias ("A quite overpowering portrait of a great and admirable woman", Spectator) are also available as Harvill paperbacks.
