18th Century
The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones
Editors' choice
Tristan Hart is a product of his time (the mid-18th century): conversant in Enlightenment philosophy but puzzled by the mechanics…
The Manzoni Family
Alessandro Manzoni, the eminent author of I Promisse Sposi (The Betrothed) was a famous poet and novelist whose family is…
Dark Tales from the Woods
This collection of tales comes from the early 18th-century travelling gypsy storyteller, Abram Wood, stories which have passed down the…
A Sea of Troubles
It is 1794, and Britannia is doing its best to rule the waves to the detriment of Revolutionary France. John…
The Great Meadow
This is a reprint of a book originally published in 1930 and shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. The…
Smuggler’s Kiss
Set in the Georgian period, the story centres around wealthy 15-year-old Isabelle, who finds her circumstances dramatically changed and, in…
The Firebird
When art gallery assistant Nicola Marter takes hold of a small, carved bird, known only as the Firebird, she can…
She Rises
When dairymaid Louise Fletcher is whisked away from her life on Handley’s farm to become a lady’s maid to Handley’s…
Lara’s Gift
Debut author Annemarie O’Brien has created a wonderful middle grade novel set in Imperial Russia. The book tells the story of…
Nelson: The Sword of Albion
“Then something surprising happened,” writes this beguiling author. It certainly does, not only on that occasion but throughout. Falling in…
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