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The Last King of Lydia
Set in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 6th century BCE, this novel, as the name suggests, follows the life of…
The Twelve Caesars
Literally thousands of books have been written about the various Caesars who reigned over the Roman Empire. From Gaius Julius…
Carver’s Quest
Editors' choice
This is the first novel from the author of 100 Must-Read Historical Novels, and Rennison has clearly used his wide…
A Name in Blood
Editors' choice
The mystery of Caravaggio’s last months and death has never been satisfactorily resolved: traditionally, he is said to have died…
The Sweet Girl
The Sweet Girl, Annabel Lyon’s follow up novel to her award winning 2011 novel, The Golden Mean, is a fast-moving,…
The Potter’s Hand
In his capacious new novel, Wilson brings his combined skills as novelist and biographer to the life of the great…
The Heat of the Sun
David Rain has imagined a sequel to the story in Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly. In the opera, Butterfly has a…
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
What do you know about the Taiping Rebellion, or the Taiping Civil War as Stephen Platt prefers to call it?…
Azazeel
Set in the 5th century AD, these are the memoirs of Hypa, a Coptic monk. His journey begins when his…
Obedience
The last three remaining nuns are facing the closure of their convent – two are destined for an old people’s…
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