Leslie Forbes La Muta, "the mute woman." Amidst a country rocked by scandal and corruption, inhabitants of the idyllic city of Urbino, Italy, birthplace of Raphael, are more concerned with...

Allan Massie At the beginning of the year 66, Emperor Nero ruled the Roman Empire. By the end of it, Nero had committed suicide and three of his successors were...

Victoria Mather Victoria Mather and Sue Macartney-Snape are at it again, observing the social scene with delicious and hilarious accuracy. January 1, 2003 by John Murray Pubs Ltd

Victoria Mather Serendipity is horribly aware that she's entering the environs of the elasticated waistband. And these days it seems to be the arrival of her rose and bulb catalogues...

Barry Hugart Set in a mythical, medieval China where folklore and history are indistinguishable, a dead monk, an ancientand now missingmanuscript, and a ghostly murderer entice the venerable Master Li...

Ellen Gilchrist Rhoda finally has everything she has ever wanted, but when she begins to question the simplicity of her upper-class, mid-1950s existence, it throws her into a frenetic and...

Joe Queenan A film critic and columnist offers a hilarious account of the art of low-budget moviemaking, from conning capital out of investors through his mastery of the essential skills...

Edith Pargeter and Ellis Peters Two brothers, the sons of a Welsh prince, locked in enmity: David, the younger and his father's chosen heir; and Griffith, the illegitimate son. By...

Karleen Koen Karleen Koen's sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters consumed with the extraordinarily beautiful fifteen-year-old noblewoman, Barbara Alderley; the man she adores, the wickedly handsome Roger MontGeoffry; her grandmother, the...

Mario Puzo "A page-flipping tale of power, brutality and glamour (Library Journal) from the bestselling author of The Godfather.Played out in the underground worlds of high-stakes gambling, publishing, and the film...

Hanna Jameson THE WORLD HAS ENDED IN NUCLEAR WAR.You and nineteen other survivors hole up in an isolated Swiss hotel.You wait, you survive.Then you find the body.One of your number...

Ausma Zehanat Khan A dark power called the Talisman has risen in the land, born of ignorance and persecution. Led by a man known only known as the One-eyed Preacher,...