2012
All Men of Genius
Labyrinth basements, talking animals and abandoned automatons are a few of the wonders waiting at Illyria College for the next…
The Dreyfus Affair: The Story of the Most Infamous Miscarriage of Justice in French History
This notorious case has undergone numerous academic and popular study, following the centenary of Alfred Dreyfus’ rehabilitation in 1906. The…
A Name in Blood
Editors' choice
The mystery of Caravaggio’s last months and death has never been satisfactorily resolved: traditionally, he is said to have died…
Tree of Leaf and Flame
This collection retells the Four Branches of the Mabinogion stories, adventures of kings, queens and heroes, warriors and witches. The…
Empire: The Wolf’s Gold
The Wolf’s Gold is the latest instalment in Anthony Riches’ highly successful Empire series that follows the soldier-hero, Marcus Aquila,…
Honey Brown is Married
Dreadful title, very enjoyable book. The novel follows the fortunes of Honey Brown (previously, abandoned orphan Annie) after she has…
Turn of the Tide
This story is set in the south-west of Scotland between the years 1586-1591. Two families, the Cunninghames and the Mongomeries,…
Wolves of the North
The fifth entry in distinguished classicist and military historian Harry Sidebottom’s Warrior of Rome series sees the hero Ballista on…
Her Mother’s Secret
Rifke and Jacob Goldman, Jewish immigrants, had fled a Russian pogrom with their family and settled in Chicago. Now, in…
A World Between Us
In a story of young loves lost in the Spanish Civil War, Felicity and Nat meet at Mosley’s 1936 Black…
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