Abacus
Every Man for Himself
This is a fictionalized account of the sinking of the Titanic, originally published in 1996 and now reissued, as have…
Crusoe’s Daughter
Crusoe’s Daughter, published in 1986, has been reissued to fill the gap between Gardam’s last novel (God on the Rocks,…
Cold War
This book was first published in 1998, having its origins in a TV series. Now reprinted, it has a new…
The Mutiny
India, 1857. Do not be misled by the gentle opening scene where Lady Blackstock entertains officers’ wives. They are about…
White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties 1964-1970
This is a sequel to the author’s Never Had It So Good – a political and social history of Britain…
Signed, Mata Hari
In October 1917, Margaretha Zelle, better known as Mata Hari, sits in a prison cell in Paris, accused of being…
The Book Of Fathers
Spanning four centuries of Hungarian history, from the solar eclipse of May 17th, 1706, to the one of August 11th,…
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