John Murray
A Voyage Long and Strange : Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist with a penchant for history. He also likes to re-examine all…
Hangman Blind
This first novel in a new mystery series introduces Sister Hildegard, a Cistercian nun who wants nothing more than to…
The Slave Ship: A Human History
Countless thousands of words have been written about the slave trade and the industries built upon its products. In The…
Blood Rock
Summer 1565. The Knights of St John are under siege on the small island of Malta, facing the full might…
Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
Oscar Wilde makes his debut as a fictional sleuth in this recent addition to the spate of historical detective novels…
American Shogun
This is a very competent and well-researched biographical history of General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, who between them largely…
April in Paris
Editors' choice
Don’t be fooled by this book’s unfortunate UK cover. This is not another romantic wartime saga, but a powerful study…
The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud
Modern-day Turin. A fire breaks out inside the Cathedral but is quickly extinguished before it can do much damage –…
The Death of Glory
1915 was a tough year for the British in France. The battles fought by the British army were either disasters…
The Meaning of Night: A Confession
Michael Cox’s debut novel is a darkly atmospheric and very gothic tale of wrath, nemesis, and self-destruction: a 600-…
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