2008
After Omdurman
It is 1935 and backbench Tory MP, Colonel Evelyn Winters is fighting a campaign in the House of Commons…
Sunshine and Shadows
When her impoverished family is forced from their home, young Daisy Kildare is sent from Ireland to Liverpool to…
The Last Concubine
The Last Concubine is set in Japan in the mid-1860s at the time of the Civil War, the coming of…
The Spymaster’s Lady
Set in 1802 France and England, this tale of espionage and passion has all the elements of a good historical…
The Flaw in the Blood
This is a strange book, a thriller set in Victoria’s Britain of 1861, but one with very high-class villains. It’s…
Macbeth’s Niece
Tessa, Macbeth’s niece of the title, is on her way to join her uncle’s household when she is waylaid by…
Of Merchants and Heroes
Editors' choice
Set around 200 BC in Rome and Greece, Paul Waters’ first novel is a well-written and intelligent tale. Marcus, aged…
Song Yet Sung
Editors' choice
Written by the author of the bestselling memoir The Color of Water, this novel is set in the 1850s. Liz,…
Troy: Fall of Kings
David Gemmell’s untimely death in 2006 robbed the world of a master storyteller. His wife’s involvement in the Troy trilogy…
The Palace of Illusions
Set in a mythic age, “when the lives of men and gods still intersected,” this new novel from feminist writer…
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