Ann Oughton
The Third Section
It is 1855, and after 40 years of peace in Europe, war rages in the Crimea. Sevastopol is in ruins…
Any Survivors?
The narrator is a refugee in London in 1939. Turfed out of his lodgings and finding himself homeless with five…
The Hand of Fatima
Editors' choice
In 1564, after years of Christian oppression, the Moors of Grenada exact a terrible revenge against their masters: after the…
The Book of Crows
In ancient China of 2000 years ago, a young girl, Jade, is kidnapped and sold to the Whorehouse of…
Any Survivors?
The narrator is a refugee in London in 1939. Turfed out of his lodgings and finding himself homeless with five…
The Postmistress
In 1940 the American radio reporter, Frankie Bard, is in London broadcasting to America on the devastation caused by bombing…
The Pindar Diamond
Editors' choice
In 1604 a travelling band of entertainers arrive at an almost deserted village in southern Italy. A dissolute man offers…
The Cemetery of Secrets
In the cemetery of San Michele a corpse is exhumed. Rizzo has been paid to supervise this grisly task and…
Something for the Girls: The Official Guide to the First 100 Years of Guiding
This is the history of the birth and evolution of guiding for the past 100 years. After the formation of…
The Penguin Book of Classical Myths
This up-to-date retelling of the myths of Greece and Rome offers a new and wider insight into the stories we…
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