Weidenfeld & Nicolson
The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet
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In this fifth book in the adventures of Captain Alatriste, the captain and his page, soldier in training Íñigo Balboa, experience a respite ...Read Review
Under this Unbroken Sky
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Lured by promises of prosperity and fertile land for farming, Theo Mykolayenko and his family immigrated to Canada to escape the political and ...Read Review
Testament of Youth
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What more can one say about this classic autobiography? It is one of those books that absolutely everyone should read; and not just ...Read Review
The Rose of Sebastopol
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In The Rose of Sebastopol the horrors of the Crimean War are described by a most unlikely narrator—Mariella Lingwood, a young English ...Read Review
Wedlock: The True Story of the Disastrous Marriage and Remarkable Divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
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When Mary Eleanor Bowes’ father dies, she’s left one of the richest heiresses in mid-18th-century England. She cultivates her interests in ...Read Review
1918: A Very British Victory
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1918 is an account of the last year of the Great War on the Western Front, leading to the collapse of the German army. ...Read Review
The King’s Gold
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King Philip IV, ruler of the Spanish empire in 1626, is expecting a large shipment of gold bullion from the West Indies. Swordsman-for-hire Captain ...Read Review
The Spies at Warsaw
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In the autumn of 1937, Warsaw was still a city at peace, although wary eyes looked to the West with anxiety. Germany was firmly ...Read Review
Other People’s Daughters: The Life and Times of the Governess
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The governess has played a more important role in literature than she was ever afforded in real life. Most did not have the ...Read Review
The State Counsellor
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I am a Boris Akunin fan, and the latest in his Erast Fandorin series does not disappoint. Fandorin is a policeman working in ...Read Review
