Elizabeth Hawksley
Wake
Editors' choice
London, November 1920. World War 1 is over, leaving a nation grieving for lost loved ones, many of whom have…
Temple Boys
AD 33. Flea is the runt of the Temple Boys gang who thieve for a living in Jerusalem, a city…
The Case of the Pistol-Packing Widows
Nevada Territory, U.S.A., 1862. In this, the third P. K. Pinkerton mystery, our hero, age 12, is hired by a…
World War I Tales: The Bomber Balloon
A village in Essex, 1916. World War I is raging, and ordinary civilians are also under attack. The Germans are…
Mansfield Revisited
This welcome reprint of Joan Aiken’s 1984 sequel to Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park tells the story of Fanny’s younger sister,…
High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain
This brilliant book charts the transformation of Britain from a country bound by privilege, laissez faire and gross inequalities, into…
The Mystery of Princess Louise, Queen Victoria’s Rebellious Daughter
Princess Louise (1848-1939) was Victoria and Albert’s sixth child and, arguably, the most popular of the royal progeny. Beautiful, intelligent…
Diamond
1890s, England. Eight-year-old Ellen-Jane Potts’ family is very poor. It’s a struggle to make ends meet, particularly as her father…
The Great Fire: A City in Flames
London, September 2nd, 1666. Ten-year-old Sam loves his dog, Budge, and enjoys working for the jeweller, Mr Giraud, but the…
Diamonds and Deceit
London, 1913. In this, the second of the Somerton novels, we follow the fortunes of Lady Rose, once a housemaid,…
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