John Murray
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English
This is not a history of the English language, despite the subtitle. There is little about grammar and syntax and…
Leningrad: State of Siege
The city that was Leningrad for seventy years is St Petersburg again, and trades mainly on its imperial past. But…
Boss of Bosses
This is the story of Bernardo Provenzano, Italy’s most notorious criminal. Provenzano was initiated into the Mafia in the 1950s…
Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death
This is the second in a series featuring Oscar Wilde as detective. The plot starts as a game at a…
The Glass of Time
Editors' choice
Esperanza Gorst is an orphan, raised in Paris by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l’Orme. When she is in…
The Red Velvet Turnshoe
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In February of the year 1383 a rain started to fall before Martinmas. It swept through France, Flanders, and Tuscany…
The Interrogator
We all know that the British managed to break the German ‘Enigma’ code during World War II, but what of…
Among the Mad
I first encountered Maisie Dobbs in her first outing in the book of that title, the premise of which –…
Hangman Blind
In the year 1382, England emerges from violent religious rebellion into precarious peace. It is during this time that Hildegard,…
Metrostop Paris: History from the City’s Heart
This is basically a literary walk around Paris, except that since it ranges over the whole metropolis the imaginary journey…
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