Edward James
The Woman in the Shadows
This is the story of Elizabeth Cromwell, wife of Henry VIII’s minister, Thomas Cromwell, famous for dissolving the monasteries. But…
The Charge of the Light Brigade: Voices from the Past
The charge of the Light Brigade in October 1854 must be the most famous cavalry skirmish in history. Thousands like…
The Lost Book of the Holy Grail
Dan Brown meets Anthony Trollope! Once again a middle-aged academic searches for the Holy Grail, helped by a younger female…
Holy Blood
Eden Grey, Kim Fleet’s fictional private detective, continues with her mission to litter Cheltenham with as many literary corpses as…
Posted in Wartime: Letters Home from Abroad
The title is a pun. The book is based on letters posted in wartime from abroad by Britons posted abroad…
The French Art of War
Editors' choice
This is a long book translated from the French, with a forbidding title by an author who is prodigal with…
Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams
Basically, this is the story of an actress/singer who is down on her luck and struggles to survive in a…
When the Sky Fell Apart
The Channel Islands were one of the more peaceful places to spend the Second World War. They were occupied by…
The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy
The Irregular is an amazing mix of actual persons and events, persons and events from the author’s imagination and some…
The Spanish Knight’s Secret
This is a conspiracy novel in the classic formula, with two parallel time streams, ancient and modern. The ancient stream…
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