Hutchinson
Daisy Jones & The Six
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A story about a rock band that climbs to the top of the charts in the Seventies, attaining iconic status, only to fall ...Read Review
Jeeves and the King of Clubs
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The author has only dashed, well, shoved out a rather acceptable story about P.G. Wodehouse’s perpetual and much-loved hero Bertie Wooster, ...Read Review
Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots
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This very readable and fast-paced biography relates the story of Mary Stuart in a fresh and engaging way. As in any book on ...Read Review
Erebus: The Story of a Ship
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In 1826, HMS Erebus, a ‘bomb’ vessel strong enough to carry heavy mortars, was built of oak and reinforced with iron. In 1839, having demonstrated ...Read Review
The Murderer of Warren Street
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This is the true story of a 19th-century revolutionary, but if you didn’t know that at first glance, you would believe it ...Read Review
House of Gold
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The Goldbaums are a wealthy Jewish family with considerable political and economic influence throughout Europe. It is 1911, and the world has little inkling ...Read Review
The Wardrobe Mistress
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London in the bitterly cold winter of 1947. The actor Charlie Grice, known as Gricey, dies of a heart attack, and his grieving widow ...Read Review
Munich
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September 1938. Hitler and Chamberlain sign the Munich Agreement, an accord made famous by Chamberlain’s declaration of ‘peace for our time’ and the ...Read Review
St. Petersburg: Three Centuries of Murderous Desire
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I read this riveting book in horrified fascination. Founded in 1703 by Tsar Peter I, St Petersburg became famous for its magnificent buildings, fabulous ...Read Review
Birdcage Walk
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Bristol in the latter decade of the 18th century. Elizabeth (or Lizzie as she is mostly known), narrates the story in the first ...Read Review
