Sarah Bower
Right Royal Bastards
Since the English throne was taken by William the Bastard, aka the Conqueror, in 1066, the British monarchy has enjoyed…
The Fall Of Troy
In this small but perfectly formed novel, Peter Ackroyd returns to the themes of fakes and forgeries. Set during the…
The Last Town On Earth
The year is 1918 and we are deep in the forests of WashingtonState among the townsfolk of Commonwealth, a logging…
A Thousand Suns
On the 29th April 1945, the Allies secretly surrender to Hitler’s Germany. Four hours later, their surrender is withdrawn.…
The Women’s War
Less well known than The Three Musketeers or The Count of Monte Cristo, The Women’s War has all Dumas’ hallmarks.…
The Valley
Landis’ third novel tells the story of Sarianna, a student in late 1930s Massachusetts with nihilistic leanings and a…
Afterlands
Editors' choice
In 1871 a thwarted American expedition to the Arctic casts 19 survivors adrift on an ice floe off the coast…
Viking: King’s Man
This is the third and final novel in Tim Severin’s Viking trilogy, which tells the eventful life story of…
The Mirror of the Gods : Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art
This is a scholarly study but plainly written with a minimum of technical artistic terms, which makes it accessible…
Cloth Girl
Editors' choice
In the mid-1930s, naïve bride Audrey Turton travels to Ghana to join her colonial officer husband. At the same time,…
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