Macmillan (UK)

The Republic of Vengeance

By Paul Waters - Published 2008 (UK)Published 2009 (US)

Genres:

Literary

In the late third century BC, Marcus, a 14-year-old Roman journeying to Greece with his father, is captured by pirates. His father is ...Read Review

The Dragonfly Pool

By Eva Ibbotson - Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Eleven-year-old Tally Hamilton loves her simple life in London with her physician father and doting aunts. But when a second world war seems ...Read Review

Heaven’s Net Is Wide: The First Tale of the Otori

By Lian Hearn - Published 2007

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

In this gripping prequel to the Otori novels set in an alternate feudal Japan, Hearn delves into the back story of the man—...Read Review

Sovereign

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

To overawe the rebellious north, Henry VIII makes a grand Progress to York. Travelling ahead are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and his assistant, Jack ...Read Review

The Harsh Cry Of The Heron

By Lian Hearn - Published 2006

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

In this engrossing fourth and final volume of Hearn’s Otori series (though a prequel series is in the works), the boundaries between ...Read Review

Grass for his Pillow

By Lian Hearn - Published 2003

Genres:

EpicHistorical FantasySaga

The story of young star-crossed lovers Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede continues in the sequel to Across the Nightingale Floor. In an alternate feudal ...Read Review

Dissolution

By C. J. Sansom - Published 2003Published 2003 (US)

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

       This gripping mystery is set in Tudor England during the winter of 1557, just after a rebellion against the still-new Church of England has ...Read Review