2006 (UK)
Fallen Skies
Still in her teens in 1920, Lily Valance is embarking on a promising stage career as a singer. She is…
The Highwayman’s Footsteps
Inspired by the famous poem by Alfred Noyes, ‘The Highwayman’, this novel is about a young upper-class boy, William de…
The Sister: A Novel of Emily Dickinson
So little is known about Emily Dickinson that studies of her poetry provide the major insight into the recluse of…
The Blooding of Jack Absolute
The Blooding of Jack Absolute, a prequel to the previously-published Jack Absolute, chronicles the bawdy and eventful youth of the…
The Mapmaker’s Opera
Editors' choice
Praise for Béa Gonzalez’ The Mapmaker’s Opera abounds, with many critics and other reviewers comparing the author’s work to that…
Shadows and Lies
This mystery begins in 1909 when a woman called Hannah Smith is badly injured in a London omnibus accident and…
The Island
As London-born Alexis Fielding, a modern-day college graduate, explores her past, she is drawn to visit a former Greek leper…
Troy: Shield of Thunder
Editors' choice
Plain-faced Helen sits behind the walls of Troy, married to Paris but never to Menelaus; Andromache loves another but is…
Emperor
In a small village in Northern England in the 5th century, a woman is in the throes of a long…
Command
It is the late 18th century, and Britain is at war with the French. At the start of the novel,…
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