Nancy Henshaw
Henry VIII’s Last Victim
This book is rightly subtitled ‘The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.’ The author is to be…
The Elixir of Death
Editors' choice
AD 1195. ‘Crowner John’ – otherwise the splendidly-named Sir John de Wolfe, black-haired and frequently bad tempered – is…
Knife Edge (The Royal Marines Saga #5)
Towards the end of the 20th century Lieutenant Ross Blackwood contemplates the bleak future of the Royal Marines as they…
Civilization: A New History of the Western World
From cave paintings to post 9/11, this book is a treasury. New light on the Mesolithic; illumination of the Dark…
Scourge and Fire: Savonarola and Renaissance Italy
The 15th century is ending. In Florence the Magnificent Lorenzo de’Medici is dead. With survivors of his notorious family expelled…
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