Doubleday
Dodger
London, 1840s. Seventeen-year-old Dodger is a ‘tosher’, scavenging in London’s old Roman sewers for a living. It is dark, dangerous…
Sweet Tooth
For many members of the HNS, the early 1970s may not seem to be very historical. But Ian McEwan’s new…
The Light Between Oceans
Editors' choice
Tom Sherbourne returns home to Australia after four years on the Western Front, wanting a measure of peace and quiet.…
The Sandcastle Girls
The title is deceptive, as this is no lightweight beach read but a serious novel set against the background of…
More Than You Know
Eliza Clark expects more from her life than marriage and parenthood. In the early 1960s, careers are opening up for…
Spy for the Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots has sometimes been criticised as vain and foolish, but this fascinating account of her reign does…
Fallen in Love
This collection of four stories explores love’s many manifestations: unexpected, unrequited, forbidden and eternal. Each tale possesses its own twist…
The History Keepers: The Storm Begins
The first volume of this fantasy series introduces Jake Djones, providing a fresh angle on time-slip novels. When his parents…
May the Road Rise Up to Meet You
Ethan McOwen has lived through the period of Irish history known as “the Hunger” in 1847 County Fermanagh. He and…
Sacrilege
S.J. Parris offers the reader a multisensory, cinematic experience surrounding the deadly black plague of London in 1584. Sacrilege, her…
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