Carol Drinkwater THE OLIVE FARM and THE OLIVE SEASON are television actress Carol Drinkwater's lyrical accounts of a new life in France; about her house Appassionata and the trials and...

MJ Hyland Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the...

Christopher Hibbert To Thomas Carlyle he was "not worth his weight in cold bacon," but, to Queen Victoria, Benjamin Disraeli was "the kindest Minister" she had ever had and a...

Andrew Roberts The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of Churchill and The Last King of America —winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for...

Nick Yapp (Editor) Experience 1000 years of French history through this expertly edited book by Nick Yapp. Gain insight into remarkable events and achievements that shaped the country's cultural and...

Jane S Gerber The history of the Jews of Spain is a remarkable story that begins in the remote past and continues today. For more than a thousand years, Sepharad...

Sebastian Barry Following the end of the First World War, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary. With all those around him becoming soldiers of a different kind, however,...

Andrew O'Hagan Winner of the Christopher Isherwood PrizeA Guardian , Spectator , Sunday Times , Financial Times and Evening Standard Book of the Year'What a stunning novel.' Graham Norton'Funny, passionate,...

Sebastian Barry "Annie's passionate observations and shifting moods-rendered in dense prose that's close to poetry-fuel this fine novel."— The New York Times Book ReviewSebastian Barry's latest novel,  Days Without End...

Evangeline Bruce Napoleon and Josephine's relationship is one of the most fascinating love stories history. Their unlikely union began in the heady atmosphere of post-Terror Paris. Josephine was a sensual...

Author: H Kliczkowski The city of Barcelona is considered the essence of Modernism, and certainly it is where the movement left the greatest number of it architectural jewels, mano of...

Ian McEwan One windy spring day in the Chilterns, Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Joe reflects, could have ended in mere tragedy,...