Faber & Faber
Catherine of Aragon, Henry’s Spanish Queen
This major biography adds a refreshing new focus by using extensive material from Spanish sources. The picture that emerges of…
She-Wolves
When one thinks of English Queens, one of the first to come to mind is Elizabeth I, but she could…
Parrot and Olivier in America
Editors' choice
What a delight this witty novel is! Based on the journeys of Alexis de Tocqueville in the new American republic…
The Lacuna
Who was Harrison Shepherd? If we are to believe his journals, preserved for posterity by his loyal stenographer, he was…
Angel with Two Faces
This is the second novel featuring crime writer, Josephine Tey as a sleuth. She is invited to visit the Cornish…
The Harrowing
On the eve of joining his regiment in January 1916, William Redmond takes one last walk with his younger brother,…
Turbulence
From time to time weather forecasters find themselves in the news (remember Michael Fish and the hurricane?) but mostly, they…
The Last Train to Scarborough
March 1914. In what could be his last case before leaving the force to train as a lawyer, railway detective…
The Collector of Worlds: A Novel of Sir Richard Francis Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton — British military officer, spy, and gifted linguist — has been the subject of multiple biographies,…
A Visible Darkness
Magistrate Hanno Stiffeniis continues to grapple with his duties as a Prussian official in a land under the heel of…
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