Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Sister Queens

By Julia Fox - Published 2011Published 2012

Genres:

Nonfiction

Sister Queens is the story of two daughters of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, Their Most Catholic Majesties, whose formidable influence ...Read Review

That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson

By Anne Sebba - Published 2011

Genres:

Nonfiction

The charmingly rakish handsome prince gives up his throne for the woman he loves, who happens to be a rapacious American divorcée ...Read Review

Stolen Childhoods

By Nicola Tyrer - Published 2011

Genres:

Nonfiction

This distinguished book gives us snatches, often in their own words, of the stories of children interned during World War II in Japanese ...Read Review

Lyrics Alley

By Leila Aboulela - Published 2010Published 2011

Genres:

LiterarySaga

The Abuzeids are one of the most prominent families in 1950s Sudan. The patriarch, Mahmoud Bey, amassed the family fortune through shrewd business ...Read Review

Beat the Drums Slowly

By Adrian Goldsworthy - Published 2011

Genres:

Military

Set in Spain during the Peninsular War, the story follows the 106th regiment, led by Sir John Moore, as the regiment takes part ...Read Review

The Stones of London

By Leo Hollis - Published 2011

Genres:

Nonfiction

This is the story of twelve London buildings and the men who left their imprint on the fabric of the capital. In 1245, Henry ...Read Review

True Soldier Gentlemen

By Adrian Goldsworthy - Published 2011

Genres:

Military

This book is to be the first in a series following a group of young British officers through the Peninsular War to Waterloo. ...Read Review

Spies of the Balkans

By Alan Furst - Published 2010

Genres:

Thriller

This latest piece of Furst’s massive WWII jigsaw puzzle opens in October 1940 in Salonika, Macedonia. “Senior Police Official” Costa Zannis is investigating ...Read Review

The Crimson Rooms

By Katharine McMahon - Published 2009Published 2010

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In London in 1924, Evelyn Gifford is a young lawyer of thirty, a single woman living at home with her mother, aunt, and grandmother. ...Read Review

The Coral Thief

By Rebecca Stott - Published 2009Published 2010

Genres:

LiteraryThriller

Young Daniel Connor travels on a career-expanding venture to the post-Napoleonic Paris of 1815. A medical student from Scotland, Daniel carries a letter of ...Read Review