Harvill Secker
The Einstein Girl
Although this novel begins in Germany two months before Hitler came to power, at first we hardly feel the presence…
The Blind Side of the Heart
Eastern Germany at the end of the Second World War. The story starts with a young boy, Peter, being abandoned…
Orwell Diaries
This collection of eleven of Orwell’s diaries, from 1931 to 1949, is a treasure, both for the historical and literary…
The Kingdom of Light
1240, Florence. In this, the second of the Dante mysteries, the poet finds a galley beached by the river Arno;…
The Last Dickens
Charles Dickens has just died, and his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, is unfinished. Boston publisher James R…
Blood & Ice
Photo-journalist Michael Wilde, tormented by guilt and grief, takes on an assignment in the Antarctic, a chance to abandon the…
The Last Dickens
Editors' choice
If you love reading Charles Dickens, this novel will be heaven-sent. If you’re not a big fan of Dickens, you…
$panish Fly
$panish Fly (the dollar sign indicates the main characters’ preoccupation) is set in 1939, in the ‘dustbowl’ of the south-eastern…
The Invention of Everything Else
In 1943 Louisa and her father Walter live alone in a house in Hell’s Kitchen. Louisa is a chambermaid…
King Henry
1915. America is debating its response to the war in Europe. Enter Henry Ford, self-made billionaire and owner of…
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