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The Library Thief: The Binding meets The Vanishing Half in this [...]
An extraordinary historical debut for any reader who loves gothic mysteries like Rebecca and Fingersmith, and fiction which shines a light on untold stories.'Intriguingly and superbly plotted . . ....
Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive
'One of the best books about prison I've ever read' Kimberley ChambersA chilling look into the brutality of life behind bars and what it's like to be locked away with...
Retreat to the Lakeside Cottage: Escape with this perfect feel- [...]
'A warm, funny, uplifting writer!' KATIE FFORDEIf you love Lucy Diamond, Phillipa Ashley, Sue Moorcroft and Holly Martin, you'll LOVE Erin Green's novels of love, life and laughter..............................Welcome to the...
Practice
Six o'clock in the morning, Sunday, at the worn-out end of January.In a small room in an Oxford college, cold and dim and full of quiet, an undergraduate student works...
An Olive Grove in Ends: The dazzling debut novel about love, [...]
*** ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 10 MUST-READ DEBUT NOVELISTS OF 2022 ***'A rare glimpse into the harsh realities of street life and love in luminous prose, rendered with sensitivity and...
Last Witness: The brand new 2024 crime thriller that will keep [...]
'Every interview crackles with tension... LAST WITNESS serves up a final double whammy that few readers will see coming' THE TIMES'Exactly what great crime fiction should be: smart, twisty, shocking...
Laying Out the Bones
A TERRIBLE CRIME WAITS TO BE UNEARTHED.The second twisty and atmospheric Wiltshire-set crime novel in the DI Lockyer Series. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves and Val McDermid.A long, hot...
The Puppet Show: Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2019
'Fantastic' Martina Cole'Dark, sharp and compelling' Peter James'A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series' Mick HerronWelcome to the Puppet Show . . ....
Once Upon a Raven's Nest: a life on Exmoor in an epoch of change
'This is a rich, beautiful and deeply moving book' GEORGE MONBIOT'I loved this book' CLOVER STROUDOnce Upon a Raven's Nest is the story of a working class man, one Thomas...
Rag and Bone: A History of What We've Thrown Away
'Beautiful, like a muddy journey through time . . . a really important book' RAYNOR WINN, author of The Salt Path Lisa Woollett has spent her life combing beaches and...
The Summer Holiday
Two weeks. Two families. What could possibly go wrong...?Claire Swift can't think of anything worse than another holiday with the Wellbeloved family. The last trip together was a complete disaster...
An Almost Perfect Holiday
An Almost Perfect Holiday is a warm and witty story of friendship, family and hope, by the Sunday Times bestseller Lucy Diamond. The holidays are here, and down in Cornwall...
St George
St George is a figure that bridges many worlds. At the heart of the myths and legends surrounding this English icon lies the story of an Early Christian Martyr persecuted...
The Midnight Hour: Twisty mystery from the bestselling author of [...]
**THE THRILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'If only all history mysteries could be as good as The Midnight Hour' The TimesAn old man lies dead and it looks like poison, but his...
A Posy of Wild Flowers: A Gypsy Girl at Heart
Rosemary Penfold's A FIELD FULL OF BUTTERFLIES was a beautiful and evocative memoir of her life growing up in the fields of the English countryside. A moving testament to a...
The 1975: Love, Sex & Chocolate
Matthew Healy and his band The 1975 have taken the music world by surprise with their brand of 80s-inspired art funkBut how did a group of school friends from the...
A Brief History of Medieval Warfare
For over 150 years, from 1314 to 1485, England fought an almost continuous war with its neighbours: the Campaign of the North when the armies of Robert the Bruce were...
A Plague of Serpents
K.J. Maitland's gripping Jacobean historical thriller series comes to a dramatic conclusion...'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESLondon, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare...
Without Warning and Only Sometimes: 'Extraordinary. Moving and [...]
'Vivid and compelling and so moving... both painful and comforting to read' Marian Keyes**A BOOK OF THE YEAR - GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER (December 2022)****SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG...
Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors
Richard III and Henry Tudor's legendary battle: one that changed the course of English history.On the morning of 22 August 1485, in fields several miles from Bosworth, two armies faced...
The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restoed to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one...
The Ferryman's Daughter: A gripping saga of tragedy, war and hope
'I absolutely loved it. Hester is one heck of a woman!' Heidi Swain'A charming book seasoned with romance and a sprinkling of danger' Western MailCan Hester help her family escape...
The Simple Life: How I Found Home: The unmissable Sunday Times [...]
An instant Sunday Times bestsellerJoin Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply and find her forever home...Throughout her life, Sarah Beeny has been obsessed with the idea of...
Finding Home: A Windrush Story
On 24 May 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Docks. It carried 1,027 passengers and some stowaways, and more than two thirds of them...
The Return of the Grey Partridge: Restoring Nature on the South Downs
The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restoed to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one...
Dining with the Durrells: Stories and Recipes from the Cookery [...]
'We lolled in the sea until it was time to return for tea, another of Mother's gastronomic triumphs. Tottering mounds of hot scones; crisp paper-thin biscuits; cakes like snowdrifts, oozing...
Fast Forward: The Autobiography: The Hard Road to Football Success
'A powerful and moving book - it's quite a battle he has faced' Nick Robinson, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme'It really is an interesting read' Dan Walker, BBC Breakfast*INCLUDES A...
Wish Upon a Cornish Moon
'My eyes are full of tears and my heart is bursting with overflowing joy! What a beautiful, delightful, original plot!' 'I can see you don't believe me, girl, but I'm...
Vita and the Birds
A haunting mystery for fans of Eve Chase, Dinah Jefferies and Kate Mosse.'A poignant page-turning story, beautifully written' Leonora Nattrass, author of Blue Water'Hugely evocative and beautifully written' Anna Mazzola,...
The Legitimacy of Bastards: The Place of Illegitimate Children [...]
For the nobility and gentry in later medieval England, land was a source of wealth and status. Their marriages were arranged with this in mind, and it is not surprising...
The 1066 Norman Bruisers: How European Thugs Became English Gentry
The 1066 Norman Bruisers conjures up the vanished world of England in the late Middle Ages and casts light on one of the strangest quirks in the nation's history: how...
Mapping England
Mapping England shows, through a series of compelling maps, both historic and contemporary, how England has scrutinised itself, been seen by others and how it has recorded its ever-changing circumstances.England...
Edward IV: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records
Edward IV (king from 1461-83), so often overshadowed by his younger brother and eventual successor Richard III is a controversial figure in his own right. Was he a lazy and...
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?: The unputdownable new [...]
She's loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . .1990 When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec's 50th...
Bad Fruit
EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS . . .'A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book . . . .I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for...
Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell: A Historical Guide to the Civil War
Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His...
The Scandal of George III's Court
From Windsor to Weymouth, the shadow of scandal was never too far from the walls of the House of Hanover. Did a fearsome duke really commit murder or a royal...
Pride and Prejudice (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in...
The Westminster Corridor: Anglo-Saxon Story of Westminster Abbey and Its Lands in Middlesex
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The Westminster Corridor is a convenient name for the group of districts which lay in a direct line from Westminster to the northern limits of Hendon, where Middlesex ends. It...
The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler
In 1381, England was on the brink - the poor suffered the effects of war, the Black Death, and Poll Tax. At this time the brave Wat Tyler arose to...
English Collusion and the Norman Conquest
The reality of war, in any period, is its totality. Warfare affects everyone in a society. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive analysis of eleventh century warfare as...
The Legitimacy of Bastards: The Place of Illegitimate Children in Later Medieval England
For the nobility and gentry in later medieval England, land was a source of wealth and status. Their marriages were arranged with this in mind, and it is not surprising...
Behind Her Eyes
Don't trust this book. Don't trust these people. Don't trust yourself. And whatever you do, don't give away that ending...No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Behind Her Eyes has been called the...
Martial Law and English Laws, c.1500-c.1700
John M. Collins presents the first comprehensive history of martial law in the early modern period. He argues that rather than being a state of exception from law, martial law...
England, France and Aquitaine: From Victory to Defeat in the Hundred Years War
This is a narrative history of England and France during the Hundred Years War, from the triumphs of Henry V to the defeat of the English and loss of Gascony...
American Spirit in the English Garden
Exploration of the New World offered far reaching possibilities for the acquisition of new plants and for trees, but the impact that the introduction of plants from the New World...
Japanned Papier Mache and Tinware c.1740-1940
As one of the few decorative arts about which little has been written, japanning is today fraught with misunderstandings. And yet, in its heyday, the japanning industry attracted important commissions...
Meet Me at the Surface
A haunting ode to Cornish folklore and the secrets of the places we call home 'This powerfully brutal novel is the most exciting thing I've read in years' S. J....