2007 (UK)
Den of Thieves
London, Paris, 1791. In this, the third of Cat Royal’s adventures, Cat finds herself homeless and penniless when the Drury…
White Rose Rebel
Scotland, 1745. Bonnie Prince Charles lands to attempt to regain the throne and establish, once again, Scotland’s independence from the…
Master and Commander
What can a reviewer say about Patrick O’Brian? He is a classic, or at least his Aubrey & Maturin series…
Set In Stone
Set near Chichester in Victorian England, the title refers to carvings of the North, South and East winds mounted on…
Dead Man In Paradise
This book is the winner of the 2006 Charles Taylor Prize, Canada’s award for the best literary non-fiction. It’s a…
The Book of Samson
An angel announces to Samson’s barren mother that she will give birth to a son who will be remembered for…
Dawn of Empire
Editors' choice
On the eastern bank of the Tigris five thousand years ago, Orak grew into a rich and powerful village, settled…
The Book Thief
Editors' choice
1939, Nazi Germany. Liesel Meminger, the daughter of a communist, is the eponymous Book Thief, and her story is told…
Measuring the World
With its lively translation, Daniel Kehlmann’s Measuring the World tells the parallel stories of two scientists who were child prodigies,…
Crimson Portrait
In 1915, Catherine, an Englishwoman grieving for her husband who has died on a WWI battlefield, turns over their country…
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