Faber & Faber
Death Comes to Pemberley
Following the current fashion for new fictions derived from the works of Jane Austen, P.D. James has combined her love…
The Emperor of Lies
Lodz, Poland was home to the second-largest Jewish ghetto during the Second World War. Established in 1940 with a population…
The Cleansing Flames
The Cleansing Flames is the fourth and final book in this St Petersburg historical crime series. It is Easter 1872,…
Three Miles
1940. During an intense Luftwaffe bombardment of Leeds, Captain Abraham Matthews finally corners Albie Crowe, leader of the gang of…
The Devil’s Mask
Two years after the slave trade has been made illegal, the port of Bristol is thriving. Merchants are making themselves…
An Evil Eye
The history of the Ottoman Empire is an endlessly fascinating one, stretching across centuries and populated by a diverse set…
The Ground is Burning
Editors' choice
In the autumn of 1502, Cesare Borgia is at the height of his power and notoriety. Leonardo da Vinci works…
The Somme Stations
It is 1914, and the First World War has started. When a notice is pinned up in the railway police…
Venetian Navigators: The Voyages of the Zen Brothers to the Far North
Strands of serendipity weave through the various levels on which this book is written: to start with di Robilant’s chance…
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home
The chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, Lucy Worsley, has written this book to tie in with her television series…
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