Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Farewell Britannia
In this collection of linked short stories, Simon Young revisits the territory he occupied so beguilingly in A.D. 500, not…
Special Assignments
In this latest addition to the Erast Fandorin series, Akunin offers his international fans a double dose of intriguing and…
Pelagia and the Black Monk
Did you know that Boris Akunin writes detective stories as well as thrillers? Neither did I, but the first two…
Zoli
“Things in life have no real beginning, though our stories about them always do. Seventy-three years have passed now across…
The Sun Over Breda
Editors' choice
This is the third in the adventures of Captain Alatriste in 17th century Spain, following Captain Alatriste and Purity of…
Ghostwalk
This is a strange and intriguing book, part detective mystery, part love story, part ghost story. It is set in…
Pompeii: The Living City
Beginning in 54 AD, twenty-five years before Vesuvius rained ash and death, Pompeii covers the life of the city through…
Twelve Days
Everyone knows about the defeated Hungarian revolution of 1956, but few know the details. Although the rebellion does not start…
The Foreign Correspondent
Carlo Weisz is an Italian émigré living in Paris and working for Reuters, covering the Spanish Civil War during…
The Last Days of Newgate
This is the first of a proposed series featuring Pyke, sometimes crook, sometimes Bow Street Runner. It is 1829.…
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