Macmillan
Assegai
Popular adventure novelist Smith sets his latest tale of the sprawling, ambitious Courtney family in British East Africa as the…
Pharaoh
This book starts in Jerusalem in 586 BC. The Kingdom of Judah is caught up in a violent war with…
Patterns of Fashion 1540-1660
This illustrated work devoted to linen clothes of the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods is the companion to the previous…
The Lost Army
Editors' choice
The Lost Army is the story of 10,000 Greek soldiers who are spearheading an attack on the Persian king, Artaxerxes,…
King of Ithaca
Young Greek soldier, Eperitus, encounters a group of warriors whilst on his way to see the oracle at Delphi.…
Godiva
England, 1045. Edward the Confessor is on the throne, and the Normans are circling. Everywhere there is rumour, subterfuge and…
Michaelmas Tribute
Editors' choice
The Brehon Judge, Mara, returns in this second historical murder mystery set in the Burren in north-west Ireland. It is…
Of Merchants and Heroes
Editors' choice
Set around 200 BC in Rome and Greece, Paul Waters’ first novel is a well-written and intelligent tale. Marcus, aged…
Rhett Butler’s People
Donald McCaig’s prequel/sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s novel, Gone With the Wind covers the years from 1843 until 1874. Even though…
World Without End
World Without End, Ken Follett’s long-anticipated sequel to his international bestseller The Pillars of the Earth, arrived with a great…
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