2014 (UK)

The Fires of Autumn

By Irène Némirovsky - By Sandra Smith (trans.) - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US)

Genres:

Literary

In 1912, a comfortable middle-class Parisian family, widowed Adolphe, his 15-year-old daughter Thérèse and his mother-in-law, sit down to Sunday lunch with ...Read Review

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

By Stephen Greenblatt - Published 2005 (US)Published 2014 (UK)

Genres:

Nonfiction

There have always been significant and considerable gaps and uncertainties in the historical record of the life of William Shakespeare. These have prompted ...Read Review

Winter Siege

By Ariana Franklin - By Samantha Norman - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US & Can)

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeThriller

During the brutal winter of 1141, Stephen and Matilda tore England apart in their battle for its crown. The innocent were not spared, and ...Read Review

John the Pupil

By David Flusfeder - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US)

Genres:

Literary

In 1217, friar and magus Roger Bacon, an inventor and scientist, is teacher to a young man named John at a Franciscan monastery outside ...Read Review

The Tudor Bride

By Joanna Hickson - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US)

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The Tudor dynasty has recently enjoyed a renaissance in historical fiction. Most books focus on Henry VIII and his six wives, or his ...Read Review

The Architect’s Apprentice

By Elif Shafak - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US)

Genres:

Literary

When Jahan runs away from his overbearing father and boards a ship bound for Istanbul, he finds a baby white elephant on board, ...Read Review

The Strangler Vine

By M. J. Carter - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US)

Genres:

Thriller

It is 1837, and the British East India Company is the overlord of Indian politics. Ensign William Avery is a British officer in Calcutta ...Read Review

The Curse of the House of Foskett

By M.R.C. Kasasian - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US)

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Victorian-era personal detective Sidney Grice and his ward, March Middleton, are back for more gruesome sleuthing in the second installment of Kasasian’s ...Read Review