2008
Leningrad: State of Siege
The city that was Leningrad for seventy years is St Petersburg again, and trades mainly on its imperial past. But…
Tightrope: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty
Twenty years ago, journalist Michael Karpin began to write the life story of a successful Brazilian businessman who was a…
The Last Divine Office: Henry Vlll and the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Beginning in 1536, claiming the loftiest motives, Henry VIII began the dissolution of the monasteries of England. As Geoffrey Moorhouse…
Marie-Therese: The Fate of Marie Antoinette’s Daughter
Marie-Therese was the sole member of the Bourbon royal family to survive the French Revolution. She was just seventeen in…
The Antigallican
With its captivating, pungent, and sharply drawn characters, this first installment in a series of sea stories is a welcome…
Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death
This is the second in a series featuring Oscar Wilde as detective. The plot starts as a game at a…
Gingham Mountain
Sour Springs, Texas. Last stop for the orphan train. Last hope for two orphans nobody wants. Nobody but Grant, that…
The Glass of Time
Editors' choice
Esperanza Gorst is an orphan, raised in Paris by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l’Orme. When she is in…
No Turning Back
This is the second in KM Peyton’s Roman pony story series featuring Minna, the daughter of the blacksmith at the…
Out of the Shadows
As Catholics in the time of Protestant Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Dyer and her family are shunned and suffer for…
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