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The Templar Magician
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The Templar Magician is an action-packed historical adventure set in 1152 during the civil war between King Stephen and Matilda’s…
The Spies of Sobeck
Pharaoh Hatshepsut, or Hatusu as she is called in this novel, is facing the toppling of her throne in Egypt…
King Arthur: Warrior of the West
This is the second volume in the King Arthur trilogy. The book opens twelve years after Artor (Arthur) has been…
Sure and Certain Death: A Francis Hancock Mystery
Francis Hancock is a middle-aged, half-English, half-Indian undertaker whose London “manor” is being systematically dismantled by Hitler’s Luftwaffe in World…
A Christmas Promise
This Dickensian tale begins in 1895 London, a poor young girl of eight anxiously searching for Charlie, her uncle’s donkey.…
The Promise
This story is set in Newcastle in 1885 and centres around a newspaper investigation into child prostitution within the city.…
Empire of the Moghul: Raiders from the North
Raiders from the North is the first in a quintet of novels chronicling the rise and fall of the Moghul…
The Gladiator
The Gladiator is Simon Scarrow’s ninth book in his Roman series featuring Macro and Cato. This time the intrepid duo…
King Arthur: Dragon’s Child
In Dark Age Britain, a boy called Artorex is being fostered by Lord Ector. Even Ector does not know who…
Siege of Khartoum
The year is 1884. General Gordon is under siege in Khartoum. Under pressure from public opinion the government has ordered…
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