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The Tiger and the Ruby

In 1841, Nigel Halleck left Britain as a clerk in the East India Company. He served in the colonial administration for eight years before leaving

Sergeant Salinger

J.D. Salinger is remembered today as a reclusive misanthrope. Jerome Charyn's Salinger is a young American WWII draftee assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps, a

Man Who Was Saturday

SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN - Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years after his death, Patrick Bishop's

The Last Hours

Learwife

Inspirat de 'Regele Lear' al lui Shakespeare, acest roman de debut uluitor spune povestea celei mai faimoase femei care a fost ștearsă din istoria literară.

The Soldier's Home

The war is over and his home was built... but a home is just a set of empty rooms without people and love. After surviving

Luca Antara

Combining memoir, travelogue, history, and detective story, Luca Antara is a rich tapestry of history and the present. It parallels the life of the author,

The Seeker: A Novel

It is 1925 and India's struggle for independence is in disarray, impeded by factionalism among its leaders and rising incidents of unrest across the country.

Hornblower in the West Indies

1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas . . . As an admiral struggling to impose order in

Sisters of War

A secret love. An impossible choice. For fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Pam Jenoff, and Kate Furnivall comes this unforgettable tale of love, loss,

Forbidden

„La începutul secolului al XIX-lea Anglia, Josie, în vârstă de 16 ani, se află într-un loc sinistru, cu oameni misterioși, ostili, inclusiv rudele ei. Persistența

Daughter of the Dales

O saga emoționantă din Yorkshire, Daughter of the Dales este mult așteptatul final din trilogia Windfell Manor a lui Diane Allen. Moartea matriarhei familiei, Charlotte

The Lion and the Lamb

Condemned to a hovel, beaten by a merciless commander, crushed by the weather and forced to survive on starvation rations: no one looking at Paul

A Time for Renewal

In the wake of World War Two, the whole country is desperate for houses, with very little money available to rebuild. In the town of

The Summer Queen

'The Summer Queen' by Margaret Pemberton is a historical novel set during the reign of Queen Victoria, portraying the life of the queen through the

The Apple of Her Eye

Saga familiei lui Pam Evans aduce la viață Londra postbelică, pe măsură ce, pe fondul raționalizării și lipsei de alimente, o tânără își găsește pasiunea

Friends Forever

Două tinere descoperă că legătura prieteniei de-a lungul vieții le dă puterea de a-și păstra visele, în dificultatea Liverpool din anii 1920. În Friends Forever,

A Silver Lining

In strictly chapel Pontypridd in 1938, tongues are quick to wag when Alma Moore, abandoned by her lover, is rushed to hospital with stomach pains.

Alexander

This historical fantasy, written by the son of the well-known German novelist Thomas Mann, takes Alexander the Great for its subject, charting his life and

The Girl from Pit Lane

Can two young, coal-miner's daughters survive on their own? When their mother tragically dies, Mary-Anne and Eliza are left under the care of their drunken

And Some Fell on Stony Ground

Visceral, affecting fictionalised report of a bombing mission, from a former tailgunner shot down over Germany. Introduced by Richard Overy.

Beethoven Confidential & Brahms Gets Laid (Ken Russell Presents)

With such legendary films as Elgar, Delius: Song of Summer, Mahler and Lisztomania, Ken Russell long ago blew apart the notion that classical composers were

The Devil's Mask

Meet Inigo Bright. He's a bored young lawyer working in Bristol after the abolition of the slave trade. A frustrated artist, at odds with his

Murder at Crossways

In late August 1898, reporter Emma Cross attends the final f te of the Newport social season. The party's over for a visiting prince found

An Octagon for the Curriers

In the early 1840s, an enterprising New Englander from Vermont moved to frontier Michigan. It was there in the Village of Almont, that he built

Bring up the Bodies

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012, the 2012 Costa Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction. An astounding

Without Sin

Meg Kirkland fears her impudent tongue has caused her father's dismissal from his job and forced her whole family from their home on Middleditch Farm.

The Last Year of the War

From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and As Bright as Heaven comes a novel about a German American teenager whose life

Somewhere Over England

In 1930s England, Helen Carstairs braves the prejudice of friends and family to marry a German who has fled Nazi rule but once war is

Stories from Suffragette City

A collection of short stories from a chorus of bestselling writers all set on the same day, October 23, 1915, in which over a million

The New Countess

'The New Countess' by Fay Weldon unfolds against the backdrop of early 20th century England, where Adeline, a strikingly beautiful young woman, marries Lord Michael,

Last Hour

O siluetă singuratică stă siluetă în vârful Mausoleului lui Hadrian. În spatele lui, soarele apune peste centrul lumii cunoscute. În adțncuri, râul este în plină

Marrowbone Marble Company

'The Marrowbone Marble Company' by Glenn Taylor intricately weaves together elements of historical fiction, Appalachian culture, and the struggles of the working class, c...

The Resistance Girl

Paris, 1943. Sylvie Martone is the star of French cinema, and adored by fans. But as Nazi officers swarm the streets of Paris, she is

The Pearly Queen

'The Pearly Queen was really Aunt Edie. She was thirty-nine, had a good job in a factory, lived in a flat off Camberwell Green, and

Name Upon Name

Belfast in 1916, and 14-year-old Helen is shaped by her mixed background--rural, Catholic Irish values from her mother urban, Protestant Ulster ones from dad. Her

The Suicide Run

The four narratives which make up this posthumous collection draw upon William Styron's experiences in the US Marine Corps, and give us an insight into

The Dolocher

The Dolocher is stalking the alleyways of Dublin. Half man, half pig, this terrifying creature has unleashed panic on the streets. Can it really be

The Commodore

First he must battle the terrible Baltic weather: fog, snow and icebound waterways overcome Russian political and commercial intrigues avoid the seductive charms of ro...

A Baby's Bones

Archaeologist Sage Westfield has been called in to excavate a sixteenth-century well, and expects to find little more than soil and the odd piece of

For the Sake of Her Family

But their purpose there is not an entirely honest one. For a while everything runs smoothly, but corruption, attempted murder and mis-placed love are just

The Saturday Girls

It's 1964. England has shaken off its post-war gloom and the world is full of possibilities. Best friends Sandra and Linda live on a housing

Girl from Cobb Street

She longed for a family of her own... Growing up in an orphanage on East London's Cobb Street, Daisy Driscoll never felt the warm heart

Victory for the Ops Room Girls

Cu Jess proaspăt promovată la funcția de ofițer de filtrare la RAF Fighter Command HQ, ea este încântată să se reîntâlnească cu Evie și May.

Edith and Oliver

Edith and Oliver fell in love after meeting in the glitzy world of the music hall in its Edwardian heyday. Edith is a spirited young

Mrs Whistler

Chelsea, 1876 Struggling artist Jimmy Whistler is at war with his patron. Denied full payment, he and muse Maud Franklin face ruin. As Jimmy's enemies

The Baghdad Clock

Bagdad, 1991. Războiul din Golf face ravagii. Două fete, ascunse într-un adăpost de raid aerian, spun povești pentru a ține frica și întunericul la distanță

Winter on the Mersey

Belles Kitty has seen her fair share of tragedy and instead of thinking about romance, is determined to do her bit for King and country.

Pengarron Pride

'Pengarron Pride' by Gloria Cook is an enthralling historical novel set against the backdrop of Victorian Cornwall, delving deep into the intertwined lives of the

Past Remembering

1941. In Pontypridd, Ronnie Ronconi has returned home from war-torn Italy. The family are certain he will once again take charge of the family in

Song

Guyana Britanică a secolului al XVIII-lea. Song este doar un băiat când pleacă din satul Lishui din China. Plin de curaj și de ambiție, el

A Lucky Sixpence

It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfair at New Brighton. Amid the bright lights

The Apple Of Her Eye

It is 1945 and April Green and her cousin Heather wonder if the war will ever end. Then tragedy strikes when the local pub in

Daughters of the Mersey

With the scars of World War I still fresh, the Dransfield family face further challenges. When Steven Dransfield loses his fortune in the Depression, his

One Quiet Woman (Ellindale Saga Book 1)

From the beloved and bestselling Anna Jacobs' comes a new Lancashire-based saga. 1930, Lancashire:Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry,

When Daylight Comes

Jessica Brennan's world falls apart when her father is lost at sea. The death of her mother soon after is almost too much to bear.

Those Were The Days

There's seldom a dull moment at Jolly's holiday camp in high season, with the campers and staff intent on having the time of their lives.

Betsy and Lilibet

What is left the daughter

Seventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is suddenly orphaned when his parents, within hours of each other, jump off two different bridges--the result of their separate involveme...

Wartime Girls

It is the day of the Grand National, 1933, when Susie Ingram’s fiancé, Danny, is killed in a tragic accident. In a cruel twist of