Mike Ashworth
The Archivist’s Story
Moscow 1939. Pavel Dubrov, a young archivist is given the final works by the author Isaac Babel to destroy. The…
The Lost Army
Editors' choice
The Lost Army is the story of 10,000 Greek soldiers who are spearheading an attack on the Persian king, Artaxerxes,…
God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland
God’s Executioner opens in October 1649 with the seizing of the Charlemont fort in County Armagh and continues through to…
No Less Than The Journey
Wesley Curnow, a young miner leaves Cornwall for the United States in response to an invitation from his uncle, who…
A Kingdom for the Brave
A Kingdom for the Brave is the story of a disparate group of people struggling for survival in the early…
After Omdurman
It is 1935 and backbench Tory MP, Colonel Evelyn Winters is fighting a campaign in the House of Commons…
The Slave Ship: A Human History
Countless thousands of words have been written about the slave trade and the industries built upon its products. In The…
The Angel of History
Walter Benjamin leaves Berlin to escape Nazi persecution and begins a new life in Paris. Ignoring the impending signs of…
The Generals
The Generals is the second in Simon Scarrow’s quartet of novels focusing on Wellington and Napoleon. The book opens in…
The Dragon’s Tail
Harry Airton is recruited by British Intelligence to become a double agent, working against the Chinese government. In the early…
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