Historical Fiction & Period Drama
Last Flight to Stalingrad (Spoils of War)
'Historical fiction of a high order... Hurley's descriptions of the cauldron of Stalingrad, and of Shakespearean vengeance are well worth relishing...
View full detailsBreaking the Maafa Chain
Breaking the Maafa Chain chronicles two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century, when transporting slaves from Africa to A...
View full detailsA Dangerous Business
'I raced through this murder mystery' Good Housekeeping, 10 Books to Read Right Now! 'Smiley is a masterful writer' Sunday Times 'Outstanding. He...
View full detailsWhat Happens In London
The second book in the Bevelstoke series: witty, irresistibly romantic and by the bestselling author of the global phenomenon Bridgerton Rumours a...
View full detailsThe Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy
From Sunday Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the final gloriously witty instalment of the Smythe-Smith Quartet that will appeal to fans o...
View full detailsTransatlantic
Soon to be a major Netflix series 1940, France. In the middle of a devastating war, how many lives can you save? Varian Fry, a young American jour...
View full detailsThe Sum of All Kisses (Smythe-Smith Quartet)
The third book in the Smythe-Smith Quartet, a dazzlingly witty series by the bestselling author of Bridgerton. Hugh Prentice has never had patienc...
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The thrilling third instalment in the epic LIONHEART series from Sunday Times Bestselling author, Ben Kane. Warleader Autumn 1192. With Jerusalem ...
View full detailsThe Last Great Dance on Earth
At the turn of the nineteenth century, Napol�on and his beloved Jos�phine inhabit the Tuileries Palace. During the years they have been married it ...
View full detailsThe Night Ship
A SUNDAY TIMES BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK 1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her ...
View full detailsA Journey to The End of The Millennium
Sailing from the North African port of Tangier to a small, distant town called Paris are a Jewish merchant, Ben Attar, his two beloved wives and ...
View full detailsHow to Make Mistakes On Purpose: Bring Chaos to Your Order
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work w...
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About the Author Kenya born, Irish by blood and UK resident, Ben Kane's passion for history has seen him change career from veterinary medicine to...
View full detailsA Grand Tour of the Roman Empire by Marcus Sidonius Falx (The Marcus Sidonius Falx Trilogy)
Review Praise for Jerry Toner and Marcus Sidonius Falx: A fascinating creation ... Here we have a chatty, persuasive, and even likeable voice gui...
View full detailsA Marriage of Lions: An auspicious match. An invitation to war.
Main ideas: The novel follows Joanna of Swanscombe, a chamber lady to the queen who unexpectedly becomes a wealthy heiress and marries King Henry ...
View full detailsThe Chancellor's Secret (Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew)
Product Description In 1360, the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. To repair it will cost the town and the University dear...
View full detailsThe Cannonball Tree Mystery (Su Lin Series)
Product Description 'One of Singapore's finest living authors'South China Morning Post'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapo...
View full detailsToto Among the Murderers
Review An exhilarating novel, so evocative of the lives of broke, hedonistic art graduates in the 70s and all the joy and recklessness of yout...
View full detailsPowder Smoke (Jim Stringer)
Product Description York railway station, December, 1925. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer is enjoying a pint in the Parlour Bar before accompany...
View full detailsThe Tenth Muse
'A young woman's battle for acceptance in a male-dominated world; her misadventures in love; and her torturous journey to track down her real paren...
View full detailsThe Paying Guests
'There came the splash of water and the rub of heels as Mrs Barber stepped into the tub. After that there was a silence, broken only by the occasio...
View full detailsMaster of Shadows
In fifteenth-century Constantinople, Prince Constantine saves the life of a broken-hearted girl. But the price of his valour is high. John Grant i...
View full detailsInstruments of Darkness
'Makes you want to read every word...serpentine and satisfying' Telegraph Thornleigh Hall, seat of the Earl of Sussex, dominates its surroundings. ...
View full detailsCrusade: Brethren Trilogy Book 2
It is 1274 and in the fortified city of Acre, the last major stronghold of the Crusaders in Palestine, an epic conflict is beginning. Will Campbell...
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In fifteenth-century Constantinople, Prince Constantine saves the life of a broken-hearted girl. But the price of his valour is high. John Grant i...
View full detailsThe Botticelli Secret
The third unforgettable historical love story set in Italy from Marina Fiorato, author of the bestseller THE GLASSBLOWER OF MURANO. For fans of Ph...
View full detailsSaylor: Rubicon
A story of murder and duplicity during the Roman civil war featuring Gordianus the Finder. Caesar and his troops have crossed teh Rubicon and ar ma...
View full detailsDaughters of Decadence
Product Description At the turn of the century, short stories by -and often about- 'New Women' flooded the pages of English and American magazine...
View full detailsMarilyn and Me
Product Description ‘A beautifully woven page turner’ Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz A gripping and heartwrenching novel of...
View full detailsThe Land of My Dreams
Product Description It is 1916 and the Hunters, their friends and their servants are settling down to the business of war. As conscription reache...
View full detailsClose Quarters: With an introduction by Ronald Blythe
This is the second volume of William Golding's Sea Trilogy. In a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed hal...
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