Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Sister Queens
Sister Queens is the story of two daughters of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, Their Most Catholic Majesties,…
Stolen Childhoods
This distinguished book gives us snatches, often in their own words, of the stories of children interned during World War…
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson
The charmingly rakish handsome prince gives up his throne for the woman he loves, who happens to be a rapacious…
Lyrics Alley
Editors' choice
The Abuzeids are one of the most prominent families in 1950s Sudan. The patriarch, Mahmoud Bey, amassed the family fortune…
Beat the Drums Slowly
Set in Spain during the Peninsular War, the story follows the 106th regiment, led by Sir John Moore, as the…
The Stones of London
This is the story of twelve London buildings and the men who left their imprint on the fabric of the…
The Crimson Rooms
In London in 1924, Evelyn Gifford is a young lawyer of thirty, a single woman living at home with her…
The Coral Thief
Young Daniel Connor travels on a career-expanding venture to the post-Napoleonic Paris of 1815. A medical student from Scotland, Daniel…
The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet
Editors' choice
In this fifth book in the adventures of Captain Alatriste, the captain and his page, soldier in training Íñigo Balboa,…
Under this Unbroken Sky
Editors' choice
Lured by promises of prosperity and fertile land for farming, Theo Mykolayenko and his family immigrated to Canada to escape…
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