Oneworld Publications
The Last of Earth
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Tibet’s peaks and canyons are treacherous, its high elevations devoid of vegetation, but its special beauty is seen through Anappara’s rich ...Read Review
Edenglassie
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Granny Eddie has a fall, knocked cold. Everything has ‘gorn skewiff’, whitefellas avoiding looking at an old Goorie woman. In the crisp hospital ...Read Review
Ghost Wedding
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County Down, 1920s: an artificial lake is under construction in the grounds of a Victorian manor house, the property of a self-made man ...Read Review
Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery
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In this fascinating study, Miranda Kaufmann explores the lives of nine women whose wealth derived from the slave trade. Scholarly and incredibly well ...Read Review
Paris in Ruins: The Siege, the Commune and the Birth of Impressionism
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Paris, 1870: the events of the ‘terrible year’ are seen through the eyes of the artists who lived through it. Yet for Smee, what ...Read Review
A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women
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Histories of the Roman Empire usually focus on its men and their struggles against their neighbours and each other. While men wield weapons ...Read Review
Dust Child
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There have been many books written about the Vietnam War. This novel offers a unique perspective of a bloody tragedy which was played ...Read Review
Dust Child
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Released in March 2023, Dust Child marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Americans pulling out of Viet Nam. Part of the novel is set ...Read Review
The Empress and the English Doctor: How Catherine the Great Defied a Deadly Virus
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I remember hearing, as a young woman, the World Health Organisation’s announcement of the worldwide eradication of smallpox, and my mind going ...Read Review
The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome
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I adore well-researched reference books that read like novels. In this fast-paced and wide-ranging life of Heliogabalus, who ruled for only four years, ...Read Review
