Marilyn Sherlock
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
1415: Henry V’s Year of Glory
Although this is not a novel, it certainly reads like one. Written in diary form, it covers the events of…
Until We Meet Again
In the summer of 1914, there were rumblings of the war to come and the devastating effect it would have.…
Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
This purports to be the story of Queen Victoria’s reign and historically it is reasonably well told but is so…
The Unbelievers
In Victorian Edinburgh in an age when the Highlands were being cleared of the local peasants in order for the…
The Year of the Flood
Described as an epic of biblical proportions, The Year of the Flood is a tale set in a purely imaginary…
The Promise
This story is set in Newcastle in 1885 and centres around a newspaper investigation into child prostitution within the city.…
The Silver Eagle
Editors' choice
The Silver Eagle, the second in a trilogy, picks up from where the earlier book, The Forgotten Legion, left off.…
The King’s Mistress
The story is based on the theory that Alice Perrers’ first husband, Janyn Perrers, was embroiled in some dark secret…
The Stolen Voice
The Sidhean (Sheean) is a local hill where the Good Neighbours dwell, so when 12-year-old David Drummond, a chorister, vanished…
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