A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the Flashman Papers.
1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung.
Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents - horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication.
Captivating and evocative, Letter from Istanbul will take you on an unforgettable journey from idyllic Connecticut to exotic Istanbul to war-torn Berlin then back to the present day.
A stirring adventure novel set amid the tumultuous clashes between the Roman and Carthaginian empires, battling for control of the Mediterranean, north Africa and Rome itself.
In this abridged audiobook, we discover a glimpse of how the Aubrey Maturin adventure would continue At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write the twenty-first book in his famous and much-loved Aubrey Maturin series.
The new thriller from Michael Crichton, one of the most famous authors in the world, will be the most exciting, anticipated publication of Christmas 2009.
Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents - horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication.
The official sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula, written by his direct descendent and endorsed by the Stoker familyThe story begins in 1912, twenty-five years after the events described in the original novel.
Bernard Cornwell's new novel, following the enormous success of his Arthurian trilogy (The Winter King, Enemy of God, and Excalibur) is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that creates the great temple.
WINNER - WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2000The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson sets out from England, in the summer of 1857, with an expedition to find the Garden of Eden, which he is convinced lies on the island of Tasmania.
*SHARPE'S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*The prequel to the series, describing Sharpe's experiences in India.
*SHARPE'S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*The latest book in the brilliant, bestselling Sharpe series brings Sharpe to Portugal, and reunites him with Harper.
In this abridged audiobook, having been drawn into the half-worlds of London s criminal underground and of government espionage, Jack Aubrey faces perhaps the greatest challenge of his life.
In this abridged audiobook, Malta is ostensibly a safe harbour, yet the island is a nest of French spies, and even those in authority are not to be trusted.
In this abridged audiobook, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged on Desolation Island Captain Bligh, of Bounty fame, is now governor of New South Wales and facing mutiny anew, having lost the support of local settlers.
