20th Century
Random Acts Of Heroic Love
Editors' choice
In 1992, Leo Deakin awakens in a hospital in South America to the shocking news of the death of his…
The Spanish Bow
Can art save us from ourselves? In her elegant debut, Ms. Romano-Lax ponders this timeless question through the ambitious tale…
The Dragon’s Tail
Harry Airton is recruited by British Intelligence to become a double agent, working against the Chinese government. In the early…
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Those fascinated by the turbulent history of India’s transition from colony to commonwealth and then independent nation will find much…
Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari
Misperceptions about Mata Hari abound—many due to the persona that she herself promulgated with convenient lies. Though often thought to…
The Historical Epic And Contemporary Hollywood: From Dances With Wolves to Gladiator
This book, by a British film studies lecturer, tries to accomplish many things in its examination of the contemporary epic…
Voyage
This young adult novel, first published in 1983, follows the lives of a number of mostly Jewish immigrants who are…
Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles, 1910-1939
Uncommon Arrangements describes the marriages of several famous writers as works in progress. These husbands and wives struggled valiantly with…
The Pirate’s Daughter
Errol Flynn’s unexpected appearance in Jamaica is a dream come true for thirteen-year-old Ida Joseph, but three years pass before…
Dizzy City
Benedict Cramb is a young Londoner born into poverty who learned to use his cunning and wits to claw his…
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