Charlotte Wightwick
The Autumn Throne
Editors' choice
The Autumn Throne is the third and final instalment of Elizabeth Chadwick’s Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy. Eleanor – or Alienor…
Sweetest Scoundrel
Prim and proper Eve Dinwoody doesn’t let her fears stand in the way of her role as her half-brother’s business…
The Lion’s Embrace
Harriet Montagu’s archaeologist father has been kidnapped in the Barbary States. Only Lucas Saintclair, a rude and uncouth local guide,…
City of Wisdom and Blood / Heretic Dawn
City of Wisdom and Blood and Heretic Dawn are books two and three of Robert Merle’s Fortunes of France series,…
Us Conductors
Sean Michaels’ debut novel has already won Canada’s 2014 Scotiabank Giller prize and deservedly so. It is a fictionalised account…
A Wicked Way to Win an Earl
Delia Somerset only wants her sister Lily to be happy when she agrees to attend a house party – that…
The Celts: Search for a Civilisation
This book sets out to cover a huge amount of ground, both literally and figuratively. Roberts describes a wide swathe…
The Painter of Souls
Editors' choice
This novel follows the early life and career of one of the Renaissance’s most gifted artists, Fra Filippo Lippi. The…
The Rival Queens: Catherine de’ Medici, her daughter Marguerite de Valois and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
Goldstone paints an enjoyable account of the lives of two queens of her title: Catherine de Medici of France and…
The King’s Assassin
Editors' choice
In this 800th anniversary year of the Magna Carta, it seems only right that the latest instalment in Angus Donald’s…
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