Hodder & Stoughton
Paris
Editors' choice
Rutherfurd, an author known for his multigenerational epics set in some of the world’s most storied locales, tackles the City…
The Orpheus Descent
At first sight this is a conspiracy novel of a type familiar over the last ten years. An archaeologist/researcher-of-some-sort discovers…
Empire: The Wolf’s Gold
The Wolf’s Gold is the latest instalment in Anthony Riches’ highly successful Empire series that follows the soldier-hero, Marcus Aquila,…
The Storyteller
Sage Singer thinks she doesn’t have much to live for after losing both parents and becoming disfigured in a car…
The Place of Dead Kings
In 1855, Britain has been conquered by a magical Indian empire. Only a few small bands of rebels hold out…
Betrayal
Editors' choice
‘The repossession of Buenos Aires has been stained with such deliberate acts of treachery and perfidy as are not to…
Blood Diamond: A Pirate Devlin Novel
In Blood Diamond, set in the year 1720, the pirate Devlin must steal the largest diamond in the world (the…
Renegade
The novel opens with a flashback to Armagh, Ireland, in 1135 with reference to the Staff of Malachy, an ancient…
Agent of Rome: The Imperial Banner
Set in Imperial Rome, this is the second book in a series. I haven`t read the first, Agent of Rome:…
The Siege
270 AD. Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned on her erstwhile master, Rome. She has sent her armies across Arabia,…
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