Sally Zigmond
The Tyrants
This large-format hardback is an anthology of fifty of the most autocratic leaders the world has known. All the usual…
Liberty: The Lives And Times Of Six Women In Revolutionary France
The French Revolution and its aftermath is such a well-trodden path that it always needs a fresh focus. In this…
Days That Changed The World: The 50 Defining Events of World History
Ask a dozen historians to list the fifty defining events of world history and you will get at least a…
Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain
When we think of the Britain in the Victorian age, certain images spring to mind; grim industrialisation being the most…
The Birth House
Editors' choice
This novel, already and deservedly a best-seller in Canada, tells the story of Dora Rare and her struggles to…
Absolute Honour
If you haven’t already come across Jack Absolute, redcoat officer, lover, spy – where on earth have you been?…
The Man Who Was Loved
Editors' choice
There’s something about Venice that defies conventional description and so does this enigmatic novel. Not so much a novel, it’s…
Dead Loss
London in the 1880s is on high alert. Fenian extremists are planting bombs with devastating effect. Criminals move in and…
The Pleasure Garden
Ruby is an artist who falls asleep in the gardens of beautiful Oakstead House and finds herself in a waking…
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