2006 (UK)
A Respectable Trade
Fans of Gregory’s phenomenally successful Tudor novels will encounter a more somber, pensive writer in A Respectable Trade. Re-issued by…
Summer Crossing
Set in post-WWII New York, Summer Crossing tells the story of young socialite Grady McNeil. While her parents set sail…
The Religion
British novelist Tim Willocks is good at evoking the unfamiliar, so perhaps it’s inevitable that he should turn eventually to…
Sovereign
Editors' choice
To overawe the rebellious north, Henry VIII makes a grand Progress to York. Travelling ahead are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and…
The Thief Taker
After the death of her husband, Agnes Meadowes obtains employment as a cook. Working in London for the Blanchards, a…
The Friends Of Meager Fortune
From the first page of celebrated Canadian author Richards’ (River of the Brokenhearted) latest novel, the reader knows that this…
Dread Murder
Editors' choice
When Major Mearns, old soldier and sometime spy, receives a large package in his office in Windsor Castle the last…
Red River
Editors' choice
“This is not a story to go down easy, and the backwash still got hold of us today. The history…
Knife Edge (The Royal Marines Saga #5)
Towards the end of the 20th century Lieutenant Ross Blackwood contemplates the bleak future of the Royal Marines as they…
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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