2008
Daughters of Gaia: Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World
The study of women in antiquity has already seen a great deal of important scholarship. In this book, the author…
The Woman’s Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900-2000
Editors' choice
This timely, perceptive analysis gives a much-maligned genre its proper significance in the canon of English literature. Diana Wallace sets…
Bomb, Book & Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China
Many — from Napoleon onwards — can lay claim to forecasting the greatness of China, but few dedicated their lives…
The Conqueror
Georgette Heyer’s classic 1931 novel tells the story of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and his rise to power…
The King of Thieves
In 1325 the Earl of Chester was put in charge of a diplomatic mission to King Charles IV of France,…
The Council of the Cursed
In AD 670 an important Christian council was held at Autun, in what is now Burgundy in France, to decide…
The Smile
The Smile is the next title in Donna Jo Napoli’s growing list of young adult novels. Many of her previous…
Without Conscience
This is the second of Davies’ mysteries set in 1942 London featuring the one-eyed mustered-out-of-service detective Johnny Hawke. The reader…
By George
Ventriloquists’ dummies can seem rather macabre and a little disturbing, and this novel has an element of the bizarre about…
The Tomb of Zeus
The Tomb of Zeus introduces Laetitia Talbot, an aspiring archaeologist with a passion for adventure. The story opens in Crete…
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