Jonathan Cape
Lady Catherine’s Necklace
In this ‘Jane Austen Entertainment’, Joan Aiken turns her attention to the goings-on at Rosings Park, home of the indomitable…
Asylum
Editors' choice
When Georgina Ferrars awakens to find herself in Tregannon House, a private asylum in a remote corner of England, she…
Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor
This new biography of Nancy, Lady Astor (1879-1964) charts her astonishing life with wit and a lively intelligence. She was…
The Streets
London 1882, and the young David Wildeblood starts work on Henry Marchmont’s staff as researcher/journalist on the weekly publication The…
A World Elsewhere
Two young men meet at Princeton University in the late 1890s: one, the articulate Landish Druken, son of a wealthy…
Silver: Return to Treasure Island
R.L. Stevenson’s novel has enchanted and fascinated generations of readers since its publication in the late 19th century. The story…
Sweet Tooth
For many members of the HNS, the early 1970s may not seem to be very historical. But Ian McEwan’s new…
Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I
This historical biography of Matilda begins with a rather outrageous claim, indicating that at first Matilda rejected the marriage offer…
Rising Blood
A strange, strange novel. We begin pretty much in the middle as the hero, Charlie Doig, is on a barge…
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings
Thanks to her famous sister and Philippa Gregory, the subject of Alison Weir’s latest biography hardly needs an introduction. Unfortunately,…
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