Bloomsbury
Ophelia
Ophelia’s story emanates from the Shakespearian play Hamlet. This is what might have happened to Ophelia if she had survived.…
Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel
Edmund White uses the life of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage, to present this interesting novel-within-a-novel.…
The Falconer’s Knot
Editors' choice
Silvano’s dagger is found in the body of a man whose wife he had been serenading. He seeks sanctuary with…
Orphan Of The Sun
This story is set in the village of the tomb builders in the Valley of the Kings in Ancient Egypt,…
My Dirty Little Book Of Stolen Time
Charlotte is a whore in Copenhagen. It is 1897, and business is bad, so she and Fru Schleswig, an older…
The Journal of Dora Damage
Editors' choice
Dora Damage has a name straight from Dickens, and in fact her tale would not be out of place in…
The Ladies Of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
From the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell comes this collection of short tales of magic and mayhem. When…
The Indian Clerk
The first issue a historical fiction writer needs to solve is how much research to include. Too little and the…
Peony in Love
Editors' choice
Enter the enticing world of the Peony Pavilion, a 16th-century Chinese opera now entwining the lives of three Hangzhou women…
The Song Before It Is Sung
The steady flow of literary interest with Nazism and its impact upon history shows no sign of abating. This is,…
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