Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Margot at War
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Margot Asquith was the wife of the early 20th century British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. By 1912 her personality, her background, her appearance and ...Read Review
Augustus: From Revolutionary to Emperor
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As the sole ruler of Rome by the age of 33. After years of brutal unrest in the Roman world, he had finally overcome ...Read Review
The Fair Fight
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The Fair Fight is, I think, just about the most well-written novel I have read in five years. The depiction of the situation ...Read Review
Midnight in Europe
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Readers of Furst’s excellent inter-war espionage novels will find themselves in familiar territory for this one. It is the end of 1937, and ...Read Review
The Woman in the Picture
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It is 1926, and the aftermath of the Great War still darkens the country. Evelyn Gifford finds looking to a successful future, as one ...Read Review
Herzl
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Theodor Herzl, even though he died at an early age in 1904, is widely considered to have been the main influencing force behind the ...Read Review
Red Nile:
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Twigger treats us to an entertaining and idiosyncratic journey from prehistoric and ancient times right up to the Arab Spring. This is a ...Read Review
Uncle Bill
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In 2011 the National Army Museum in London held an online poll to nominate Britain’s greatest general. The result was a tie between ...Read Review
The Dante Trap
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In his cell in a noisome dungeon languishes The Black Orchid,Venice’s most dashing swordsman, secret agent and lover. But he is ...Read Review
Cinnamon Kiss
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It is the Summer of Love, 1967. In Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is scrambling to find money. His daughter, Feather, is seriously ill, and ...Read Review
