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Count Belisarius
Originally published in 1936, Count Belisarius has not basked in the same limelight as Robert Graves’s two earlier masterpieces set…
The Afghan Campaign
Editors' choice
Pressfield has penned an astonishing story about a young soldier coming of age during a brutal war. In the process,…
Blade of Fortriu
Bridei has been King of Fortriu for five years, and his people have known great contentment. He decides it is…
Katerina
Czernowitz, Ukraine, is the setting for Katerina. After spending forty tumultuous years away from her childhood home, Katerina, an elderly…
Water for Elephants
“’Gritty” is the word on the cover, but “nasty,” perhaps, is nearer the mark. Jacob Jankowski knew some nasty…
Juniper Blue
In Juniper Blue, the sequel to Small Rocks Rising, Susan Lang continues the story of Ruth Farley, a young,…
Afterlands
Editors' choice
In 1871 a thwarted American expedition to the Arctic casts 19 survivors adrift on an ice floe off the coast…
The Secret River
The Secret River follows the life of William Thornhill, born into the working class of London in the late 1700s.…
The Amalgamation Polka
Liberty Fish is born in 1844 to an uncommon set of parents. His father is a Northern abolitionist; his…
Katherine
This assignment is both an absolute joy and something of a challenge. Hodder have re-packaged Anya Seton’s classic under their…
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