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First time in Penguin Classics for the remarkable autobiography of 'the black Florence Nightingale' Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's...

The third novel in the Waverley series, and Scott's personal favorite, The Antiquary centers on a young man called Lovel who meets Jonathan Oldbuck, a loquacious old antiquary, on a...

Introduces English Literature's first female detective Despite the grave misgivings of both their families, Valeria Brinton and Eustace Woodville are married. But before long the new bride begins to suspect...

Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the social order, edited by Peter Sabor with an introduction by Margaret A. Doody in Penguin Classics....

'I have nothing to declare,' Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius.' A good part of that genius is evident in the essays and poems included in...

Penguin Classics relaunch Keats's first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief in the consummate power of poetry and his liberal views. While he was criticized by...

The definitive life, re-issued to coincide with the extensive celebrations building up to mark the bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth in 2005 The first English language biographer to have...

This is the second medieval mystery from Sharon Penman, following Justin de Quincy, knight in the service of Queen Eleanor. His duty is clear: to restrain his brother Prince John...

This novel centres on the famous 16th-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee. Reputedly a black magician, he was imprisoned by Queen Mary for allegedly attempting to kill her through sorcery....

In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli's death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing itself upon the lively debate over the...

Carriglas is the island estate off County Cork where Sarah Pollexfen goes to live as governess to her wealthy cousins on the eve of the First World War. Helplessly, Sarah...

Lizzie hasn't seen her old friend, Bell, for some fourteen years, but when she spots her from a taxi in a London street she jumps out and pursues her despite...

Fools of Fortune - William Trevor's astonishing, prize-winning novel about courage and love Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award 'To my mind Trevor's best novel and a...

The constant theme running through this collection of short stories, the first collection by A.S. Byatt, is that of repetition, taking the form of family patterns recurring across generations, the...

This text is rooted in a solid base of current cognitive psychology and motivational research and carefully examines how they apply to teaching and learning. It is an appropriate core...

"What a rich pleasure this novel is... Its satire is deft and delightful- the trendy London world, failed middle-aged marriages, Jewish family ritual, the whimsical workings of the law, hustlers...

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The French Executioner, a serial killer threatens London's rich and poor during the Great Plague of 1665. Epic, thrilling, if you enjoy novels by...

THIS ORANGE INHERITANCE EDITION OF Life and Fate IS PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION Books shape our lives and transform the way we see ourselves and...

Celebrated by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers, Donna Leon brings us the twentieth Commissario Brunetti detective novel in this gripping Venice based crime series. 'With...

Passionate, erotic and haunting, this is a brilliant novel by one of Britain's most important novelists. For five hundred years a statue of the Madonna has watched over Venice. Now,...

A funny and heartbreaking new book from one of Britain's favourite and bestselling writers. Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding, where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels,...

In 1910, Stephen Wraysford is sent to Amiens. There he meets the unhappily married Isabelle Azaire and begins an all-consuming love affair. Six years later, he returns to France as...

'As a writer of the English language there has been no one to touch Stevenson in a hundred years...as a story-teller he is unsurpassed' George MacDonald Fraser 'As a writer...

The thrilling new paperback in the highly acclaimed Owen Archer series. As we've come to expect from much-loved author Candace Robb, her story-telling here is of a top-notch quality -...

The compelling new novel in the highly acclaimed Owen Archer series Many lies. But only one truth... Winter 1372, York: A man has drowned in the River Ouse. It soon...

Murder and mystery in ancient Athens It is the autumn of 330 BC, and three law cases are exciting Athens. Ergokles' case against the wealthy Orthoboulos for malicious wounding seems...

Heroic and moving accounts of the R. A. F. in war time by the author of Fair Stood the Wind for France and The Darling Buds of May Heroic and...

Can the greatest classical philosopher solve the oldest crime known to man? 330BC: it is the year that Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world...

The fifth novel in the acclaimed Owen Archer Series Let Candace Robb take you back in time to Medieval York in this enthralling, authentic and gripping mystery, full of incident...

Fourteen subtle and beautifully written stories of varying theme and setting are brought together in this brilliant collection: haunting studies of lonely childhoods, shrewdly perceptive portraits of adult relationships and...

THE GRIPPING MEDIEVAL SCOTTISH MYSTERY FROM THE LEADING WRITER OF THE GENRE Let much-loved author Candace Robb sweep you back in time to thirteenth-century Edinburgh in this captivating and compelling...

THE GRIPPING THIRD NOVEL IN THE MARGARET KERR MYSTERY SERIES FROM THE AUTHOR OF A TRUST BETRAYED AND THE FIRE IN THE FLINT Fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris,...

The first in a new series of mystery novels set in Scotland in the 14th Century - the time of Braveheart and Robert the Bruce With meticulous attention to detail,...

Iris Murdoch's witty, atmospheric subversion of the Victorian Gothic novel WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STEPHEN MEDCALF When Marian Taylor takes the post of governess at Gaze castle, remote house on...

Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Interfering friends...

A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell, legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered....

The eighth novel in the highly acclaimed series of medieval mysteries featuring the one-eyed spy Owen Archer Much-loved author Candace Robb has penned another compelling and captivating medieval mystery that...

The seventh novel in the acclaimed Owen Archer Series Fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell will love this compelling historical mystery by much loved...

Jenny has devoted her life to her husband, the naturalist Wilkie Walker. She is as rare a creature as the endangered species he works to preserve. But this year, as...

It's January 1944. On the vast grey waters of the Atlantic the balance of power has shifted. For Rudolf Steiger, ace U-boat commander, there is a new sense of urgency....