Charlotte Wightwick
Kitty Peck and the Daughter of Sorrow
Kitty Peck, ex-dancing girl and now proprietor of a vast criminal empire in Victorian London, is in trouble. Her grandmother,…
Coromandel: A Personal History of South India
Coromandel (a corruption of the Tamil Cholamandalam, after the Chola kings who ruled southern India for centuries) was the name…
The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York
This book follows the late 19th and early 20th-century ‘invasion’ of Europe by an influx of wealthy Americans. Between 1874…
Kingmaker: Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come is the fourth and final novel in Toby Clements’ Kingmaker series, set during the Wars of the Roses.…
The Four Horsemen
The Four Horsemen is the second in a series of books following the adventures of Alvise Marango, an 18th-century Venetian tourist guide…
The Shadow Queen
The Shadow Queen tells the story of Joan, Fair Maid of Kent, a Plantagenet princess who shocked medieval Europe with…
For the Winner
Myths are stories that are told and re-told over centuries. Each generation takes the same basic tale but turns it…
Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton
Originally published in 1944, the Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton follows the career of Barbara Skelton, a…
The Women of Baker Street: A Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson Investigation
The Women of Baker Street is an entertaining historical thriller set in Victorian London. It is based on the Arthur…
The Lunar Cats
This is a novel about the fight between good and evil, of well-meaning retired librarians and adorable demon kittens. Alec…
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