Century
Kingmaker: Divided Souls
Editors' choice
Third in a series of four, here is a product of vivid imagination and astute historical knowledge, tempered by fine…
Fire
This is the second volume in the series set in Restoration London. It is 1666 and the newly established pairing…
Kingmaker: Broken Faith
Editors' choice
Toby Clements really does get into the nitty-gritty of how the people of 15th-century England ‘lived, loved, fought, and died’.…
How the French Won Waterloo (Or Think They Did)
In this witty look at two hundred years of rearranging history and reality, Stephen Clarke demonstrates how the French persist…
Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France
Edward VII has traditionally been regarded as of little political importance; and his years as Prince of Wales largely viewed…
Plague
Editors' choice
Restoration England is often portrayed as a licentious romp where Charles II and his bevy of mistresses enjoyed an endless…
The White Russian
In 1937 young American socialite Evie Vanderhorst flees her stifling family, and heads to Paris to meet her estranged, highly…
Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims
At the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, we meet Sister Katherine, a nun from Lincoln Priory. On the…
The Wedding Gift
Sarah is the daughter of a slave and Mr Allen, an Alabama plantation owner. She plays with and shares lessons…
One Night in Winter
In Russia of 1945, Stalin is continuing to dominate the political scene, and all Russians live with the underlying fear…
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