Marina Oliver
Sisters of Fortune
Three rich and beautiful sisters from Maryland descend on Regency London, while sister Emily stays at home, marries and has…
Angel with Two Faces
This is the second novel featuring crime writer, Josephine Tey as a sleuth. She is invited to visit the Cornish…
Aristocrats: Power, Grace and Decadence – Britain’s Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present
This is a wide-ranging survey of the influence of the aristocracy, from 1066 to the present, on politics, the constitution,…
Xanadu
Europeans knew little of the mysterious east until Marco Polo wrote about his travels. His father and uncle had been…
Up West
Pip Granger’s first novel, Not All Tarts Are Apple, won the first Harry Bowling Award. It was the story of…
Love Not Poison
Georgiana Grey moonlights as the Crimson Cavalier, highwayman extraordinary. Out on the roads one night she sees a fire at…
McNaughten
It is 1843, a time of intense agitation about the Corn Laws. Sir Robert Peel’s Private Secretary is shot and…
Crooked Smile
The wages due to the Irish navvies digging a cutting for the Kelsford Canal are snatched, then one of the…
Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death
This is the second in a series featuring Oscar Wilde as detective. The plot starts as a game at a…
A Kingdom For The Brave
The story begins seven years after the first settlers arrived in New South Wales, following the fortunes of three interconnected…
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