An immersive and compelling novel that explores the struggle by two women, divided across centuries, for control over their lives, set against a beautiful historical backdrop.
Two intertwining adventures - one of English drama and one of Indian conflict - meet at the Paget family home in the second of Joan Aiken's regency romances, The Weeping Ash.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in high drama, daring adventure and political intrigue.
The Prince and the Pauper is a classic adventure of mistaken identity set in Tudor London and told with Mark Twain's trademark humour and concern for social justice.
The Voyage Out is Virginia Woolf's debut novel, a rich and introspective exploration of youth and self-discovery, centring Rachel Vinrace, a young woman embarking on a journey of both physical and emotional awakening.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "e;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"e; (1876) and "e;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"e; (1884).
First published in 1846, Charles Dickens's novella "e;The Battle of Life: A Love Story"e; is the fourth of his five "e;Christmas Books"e;, published between "e;The Cricket on the Hearth"e; and "e;The Haunted Man"e;.
When a young woman discovers her father unconscious and bloodied in his study, she is thrust into a terrifying mystery tied to his obsession with a long-dead Egyptian queen.
'Superbly told' The Times'Richly imagined' Sunday Times'An engrossing, seamlessly written deliberation on the enduring power of art' Mail on SundayAssyria, in the reign of Ashurbanipal.
'Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation' Dan Snow 'A classic' Mail on Sunday'Astonishing' James Holland Born in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade aged just eighteen and began a life of adventure.
Richard the Fearless, the great grandfather of William the Conqueror, became Duke of Normandy at just 8 years old, after the assassination of his father.
