THE CATALOGUE OF SHIWRECKED BOOKS (William Collins 2018/Scribner 2019) is 'Magnificent' (The New York Times), 'Gripping...Pioneering' (TLS), and 'Superb' (The Wall Street Journal); Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography, winner of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and out now or forthcoming in nine translations. Click on the covers to find out more about it or about my last book, SHAKESPEARE IN SWAHILILAND.