2007
Alamut
Bartol’s novel is set in 11th century Persia. The title is the name of the castle over which the self-proclaimed…
Centurion
The story opens on the banks of the River Euphrates, where a Roman cohort is building a fort to protect…
Claudia: Daughter of Rome
Claudia: Daughter of Rome is set in the early years of the Roman Empire, when the empire is consolidating its…
Billy Boy
Editors' choice
This is a fictionalized account inspired by the life of the true Billy Laird, the only American Civil War soldier…
It’s One of Ours
This is a story that begins on the day of the first air raids in London, 1939 and weaves…
City of the Absent
If you ever craved the simpler life that was prevalent, say, before the turn of the century, reading this…
Wave of Terror
Like much of what went on in the Soviet Union during the Stalinist years, Wave of Terror is a…
The Last Station
This ambitious book sets out to give an account of Tolstoy’s final year (1910) that blurs the boundaries between…
The Absent Wife
In 1811, Roslyn Meredith is new to London and its Season after a quiet country upbringing in Monmouthshire. At…
The Spanish Bow
In the wake of 9/11, American journalist and travel writer Andromeda Romano-Lax asked herself: if I could write about…
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