2007 (US)
The Island
As London-born Alexis Fielding, a modern-day college graduate, explores her past, she is drawn to visit a former Greek leper…
The Indian Clerk
The first issue a historical fiction writer needs to solve is how much research to include. Too little and the…
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,…
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…
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 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…
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