Gerald Hanley July 19, 1984 by Sphere

AN Wilson The acknowledged master of the all-encompassing single volume of history demonstrates the profound impact the Elizabethan age has had on contemporary Britain.With all the panoramic sweep of his...

Indu Sundaresan Critically acclaimed author Indu Sundaresan picks up where she left off in The Twentieth Wife and The Feast of Roses, returning to seventeenth-century India as two princesses struggle for supremacy of...

Simon Scarrow Simon Scarrow's brilliant adventure novels about the Roman army appear with stunning new covers.It is 42 AD, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a...

Preeta Samarasan When the Rajasekharan family’s rubber-plantation servant girl is dismissed for unnamed crimes, it is only the latest in a series of precipitous losses that have shaken six-year-old Aasha’s...

Elizabeth Redfern Autumn, 1609. It is six years since the Scottish King James I came to the throne of England and since the death of the much-revered Elizabeth I; already...

Natasha Solomons In the spring of 1938 Elise Landau arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay. A bright young thing from Vienna forced to become a parlour-maid, she...

Stella Tillyard A fascinating insight into 18th century aristocratic life through the lives of the four Lennox sisters, the great grandchildren of Charles II, whose extraordinary lives spanned the period...

Kate Atkinson   From the award-winning author of Life After Life comes Kate Atkinson's Human Croquet, part fairy tale, part mystery, part coming-of-age novelNew York TimesBook Review Notable Book of...

Philip PullmanShe had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy?The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once.Lyra finds herself in a...

Rosemary Hawley Jarman The courts of illusion (1983) is a worthy return to the theme of Richard III. The central character is Perkin Warbeck who is here revealed as one...

Dorothy Dunnett 'We are going to the Westmann Isles. We are going to tamper with Nature, defy law and cheat pirates. We are going to sail the stiffening ocean to...