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Some Sunny Day

It was July 1944 when Madge stepped onto a troopship that was to carry her thousands of miles away from home. Only twenty years old

Roux the Bandit

Set deep in the mountains of southern France, this charming short novel tells the story of a man from the Cevennes Mountains called Roux, who

America Was Hard to Find

In the wake of an affair, the lives of an astronaut and a radical are forever altered by the political fault lines of the 1960s,

The Sealed Letter

After a separation of many years, Emily 'Fido' Faithfull bumps into her old friend Helen Codrington on the streets of Victorian London. Much has changed:

Forest Green

For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler, a powerful novel about a man on the run from himself, by Governor's General Award-winning author Kate

The Grapes of Wrath

'The Grapes of Wrath' is a classic novel by John Steinbeck, depicting the struggles of the Joad family during the Great Depression in the United

The Bookseller of Inverness

UN THRILLER ISTORIC CAPTICANT, plasat în Inverness, în urma BĂtăLIEI DE LA CULLODEN din 1746. „Această bucată de ficțiune istorică te duce într-o plimbare sălbatică”

Fledglings

Man against man. Face to face. One machine against another. It was shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Martin Falconer and his

Winter Rose

From the top-ten bestselling author of One Snowy Night, Rita Bradshaw, comes The Winter Rose, a sweeping family saga set in the north of England.

Harpers Heroes

Oxford Street, London 1915. Sally Harper quietly battles to keep Harpers afloat in the difficult days of the war, whilst husband Ben is working all

Dunstan

Now in paperback, this is an epic tale of divided loyalties, visceral battles and murderous kings, set in 10th century England. Written from the point

Clownfish Blues

A (Serge A.) Storm is brewing for a cabal of bad guys gaming the Florida state lottery in this insanely funny novel from the maestro

Reform Acts

Reform Acts offers a new approach to prominent questions raised in recent studies of the novel. By examining social agency from a historical rather than

A Bridge Across the Ocean

February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a

End of Spies

Europe, 1945: no longer at war but not yet at peace. The gripping finale to the bestselling Richard Prince espionage thrillers. British agent Richard Prince

Gracie's Sin

War puts their friendship to the test, but can they unite against their true enemy? It's 1942 and Gracie is eager to do her bit

Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan

The Irish bestseller about putting down roots in unfamiliar soil about falling in love and about how tradition and tales are born, nurtured and handed

A Sovereign for a Song

As a poverty-stricken miner's daughter growing up in the small village of Annsdale, near Durham, fifteen-year-old Ginny Wilde yearns for adventure. But she gets more

The Sins of the Father

New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He stands accused of killing his brother. When Sefton Jelks, a top Manhattan lawyer,

A Winter Baby for Gin Barrel Lane

Dolly Perkins and Jack Larkin have grown up in the notorious gin palaces of Birmingham. It’s a world of happiness and friendship, but also violence

Priestess of Isis

In ancient Pompeii, just before the fateful eruption of Vesuvius, a proud Roman tribune, Ombricius, is attending a friend's wedding celebration. No sooner does he

Any Survivors?: A Lost Novel of World War II

In 2008 a faded typescript was discovered in a suitcase in the attic of one of Martin Freud's grandchildren. It was a satirical novel about

Black Lily

In late seventeenth century London two women, one white, one black, stake everything to prevent a manipulative mogul destroying them. Zenobia, born in poverty, grasps

Driving the King

The war is over, the soldiers are returning, and Nat King Cole is back in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, for a rare performance. His

Stealth Raiders

A vivid exploration of the audacious, unauthorised stealth attacks of Australian infantrymen on the German front line in 1918. In 1918 a few daring low-ranking

The Friendly Ones

On a warm Sunday afternoon, Nazia and Sharif are preparing for a family barbecue. They are in the house in Sheffield that will do for

A Fine Balance

Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could

Land Girls from Coronation Street

'Vera Sharples, the over-protected daughter of Ena Sharples, longs for independence, and while her mother wants to marry her off, she isn’t keen on Bob

Upstairs & Downstairs

The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour of lavish balls and evening gowns of

The Goose Road

A debut novel about one girl's remarkable journey across France during WWI. France 1916. Angélique Lacroix is haymaking when the postman delivers the news: her

A Mother’s Gift

When Dottie’s husband Reg receives a mysterious letter through the post, Dottie has no idea this letter will change her life forever. Traumatised by his

Rebellion

In 1890, a young missionary, Addie, has traveled to the town of Lu-cho Fu with her husband, dreaming of making her mark on the world.

The Black Eyed Blonde

Este începutul anilor 1950. În Los Angeles, detectivul privat Philip Marlowe este la fel de agitat și singuratic ca întotdeauna, iar afacerile sunt puțin lente.

The Queen's Governess

'Fans of The Crown will enjoy this poignant look behind the royal curtain' Georgie Blalock, a crown princess. Her childhood nanny. A shocking betrayal... Marion

The Storm Child

Este mijlocul iernii și în chinurile unui viscol aprig, Elsie Redfern și soțul ei descoperă o fată necunoscută în hambarul lor cu fân pe cale

The Traitor

The Red Queen

Cea de-a doua carte a seriei The Cousins War a Philippei Gregory aduce la viață povestea lui Margaret Beaufort, un personaj sumbru și misterios al

To Reach the Clouds

One night in 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. At

Blasted Things

WW1 is over. As a nurse at the front, Clementine has found and lost love, but has settled for middle class marriage. Vincent had half

Water Gypsies

It is 1942, and after a childhood of suffering in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a life of happiness and safety with her husband Joel

Stormy Days On Mulberry Lane

London 1950. Peggy Ronoscki is happily settling back into life running her guesthouse on Mulberry Lane, surrounded by close friends and family. Life just seems

Red Letter Days

Nineteen-fifties America is bright and full of promise, and Phoebe Adler, a New Yorker brimming with talent and ambition, is forging her way as the

China

Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of people with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of a famous place over multiple generations. Now,

KBO: The Churchill Secret

A story of great human triumph in the life of the much loved Winston Churchill on the fiftieth anniversary of his death 1953 is synonymous

Nemesis

A race against time to unmask a Nazi spy. In a great English house, a young woman offers herself to one of the most powerful

Hill Station

A summer of the 1870s, the Himalayan resort of Simla, in colonial India. To the cool of the hills comes a reluctant Dr McNab, with

When Silence Sings

Colman Harpe works for the C&O in the Appalachian rail town of Thurmond, West Virginia, but he'd rather be a preacher and lead his own

Return to Berlin

'Masterful, magnificent. A passionate story of survival. This story will stay with me for a long time' Heather Morris, bestselling author of The Tattooist of

Take Or Destroy

The fate of a continent rests on one devastating battle... The Eighth Army, gathering its strength in the Nile delta, was preparing for a major

A Loving Family

„O familie iubitoare” este un roman de ficțiune istorică scris de Dilly Court. A fost publicat în 2019. Povestea are loc în Londra victoriană și

Wartime Blues for the Harpers Girls

With husbands and sons fighting for freedom, the women of Harpers are left to tackle the day-to-day affairs at home and work.With Ben Harper away,

The Unforgetting

Her fate was decided. Her death was foretold. Her past is about to be unforgotten... 1851. When Lily Bell is sold by her father to

Spinners Lake - Ssa

When mill-owner Frederick Hallam dies in 1860, his widow Annie plans to build Spinners Lake, a project that will keep her from destitution. But then

Arena

Este anul 41 d.Hr. Orașul Roma este un loc periculos. Optio Macro a Legiunii a II-a, recent decorată pentru curaj pe câmpul de luptă, abia

Vera Brittain and the First World War

The deaths of her brother and fiance in the First World War inspired Vera Brittain (1893-1970) to write the enduringly popular Testament of Youth. To

Nelly Dean

'Audacious', 'a page-turner' and ' has the makings of a feminist classic' INDEPENDENT A gripping and heartbreaking novel that reimagines life at Wuthering Heights through...

The Longest Night

De la eliberarea Olandei, Emma Verweji a trăit în Rotterdam, pe o stradă care a devenit o cetate a prieteniilor pentru locatarii săi în timpul

War Clouds Over Blackberry Farm

Cambridgeshire - March 1939 As the clouds of war begin to gather in Europe, the Talbot family of rural Blackberry Farm will be torn apart,

Daughter of the Crocodile

279 BC. Ptolemy II Philandelphus, unconcerned with stately affairs, prefers to think about science, concubines and feasting. His reptilian sister returns to Egypt with he...

Sharpe's Fury, Cornwell, Bernard

Sharpe's fury Richard Sharpe and the battle of Barrosal, March 1811 In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. Spain has fallen to the

Fire and Brimstone

From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the remarkable true story of the

Fair Maid of Bohemia

Murder turns the journey of a lifetime into a deadly nightmareThe plague has struck London once again but so has opportunity for theatre company Lord

Empire of the Moghul: Traitors in the Shadows

A new emperor, Aurangzeb, sits on India's glittering Peacock Throne - the throne he seized from his father while the old emperor still lived. He

The King's Coat

His exploits echo with the bustle of crowded ports and the crash of naval warfare...It is 1780 and seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash young

Corvus

Corvus Gunnarson returns home after a period of exile to find his parents murdered and his two sisters captured by the ruthless warlord Wulfric Cold-blood.

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

Ba dies in the night, Ma is already gone. Lucy and Sam, twelve and eleven, are suddenly alone and on the run. With their father's

EVIE'S WAR

The first in a trilogy of World War Two sagas featuring Evie, a new teacher in a Devon primary school, and introducing a supporting cast

The Wheelwright`s Daughter

Martha is a feisty and articulate young woman, the daughter of a wheelwright, living in a Herefordshire village in Elizabethan England. Martha longs to escape

Sunlight On The Mersey

The enthralling and heartwarming new novel from the hugely popular Sunday Times bestselling author of TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH and A SECRET IN THE

Best Kept Secret

1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's

Factory Girls of Lark Lane

Can friendship get them through the struggles of war? 1940, Liverpool: Alice Turner and her best friend, Millie Markham, work for the war effort at

Golden Age

The third novel in the dazzling Last Hundred Years Trilogy from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize Jane Smiley. 1987. A visit from a long-lost

We Must Be Brave

Ellen Parr has always been sure she never wanted children. But when she finds a young girl asleep and unclaimed at the back of a

Suite Francaise

In June 1940 France fell to the Nazis. The effects of this momentous event on the lives of ordinary Parisians and the inhabitants of a

Dream Weavers

'Mercia, 788 AD. In the grand Saxon halls of Mercia, King Offa rules with cold ambition. His youngest daughter Eadburh is determined to carve her

D-Day: Untold Stories of the Normandy Landings

Relive the events of June 6, 1944 through eye witness accounts that describe 20 real-life stories from the D-Day landings. This book - which presents

Orphan of the Sun

Thirteen-year-old orphan, Meryt-Re, lives with her uncle's family in the ancient Egyptian village of Set Maat, the home of the pharaohs' tomb-builders. Under pressure to...

The Factory Girl

„The Factory Girl” de Maggie Ford este un roman de ficțiune istorică plasat în epoca victoriană. Povestea se învârte în jurul vieții personajelor care sunt

Maybe Esther

Katja Petrowskaja wanted to create a kind of family tree, charting relatives who had scattered across multiple countries and continents. Her idea blossomed into this

The Beggar Maid

'The Beggar Maid' este un roman scris de Dilly Court, un autor britanic cunoscut pentru scrierile sale în genul ficțiunii istorice și romantice. Romanul a

The Mersey Angels

1916, Liverpool. Following the death of her father, Ruby Swift, and husband Archie finally move back into Ashland Hall. As the Great War rages, fathers

The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins

London, 1728. A young, well-dressed man is driven through streets of jeering onlookers to the gallows at Tyburn. They call him a murderer. But Tom

The Mill For Grinding Old People Young

In the cold dawn of Christmas Day 1897, Gilbert Rice, 85 years old and with failing health, recounts his journey into manhood in a city

April Lady

În ciuda defectului scandalos de pe numele de familie al miresei sale de 18 ani, Lordul Giles Cardross este convins că frumoasa Helen îi pasă