Shortlisted for the Winston Graham Prize for Historical Fiction'This book is a rarity - a novel as remarkable for the vigour of the storytelling as for its literary ambition.
Continuing the international bestselling saga of Alexander the Great, Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Sands of Ammon brilliantly describes his quest to conquer Asia, the limitless domain ruled by the Great King of the Persians.
Alexander: Child of a Dream is Valerio Massimo Manfredi's magnificent story of one of history's greatest characters and his quest to conquer the civilized world.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, a mismatched group of passengers flee across the Atlantic to escape Britain and - thousands of feet in the air - find themselves facing grave danger.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Last Legion opens on the day that the Western Roman Empire collapses finally in 470AD, as the Last Emperor of Rome is encamped and protected by the Nova Invicta Legion.
A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.
THE FIRST IN A STUNNING SERIES, THE COUSINS WAR, FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR PHILIPPA GREGORYSet amid the tumult and intrigue of The War of the Roses, Philippa Gregory tells the story of one womans ambitious ascent to royalty during the unsolved mystery around her sons imprisonment in the Tower in a captivating family drama.
Imagine a young Laurence Olivier cast as a scholarly Oxford professor-an academic snatched out of his bookish world and pressed into service aboard Lord Nelson's legendary British fleet-in the position of schoolmaster.
Mart Kincaid, a tall, ruggedly good-looking young man in the Clint Eastwood mold, may be the fastest gun in the state, but it does him no good-because his gun and his life are not his own.
A beautiful and sweeping historical novel that takes the reader from the west coast of New Zealand, to Scotland and Melbourne in the 1870s'Its portrayal of life in a gold-rush town is vivid, and Rose's story is absorbing' The Times'Worth reading for its occasional streaks of brilliance and insight' Telegraph India'A epic read .
From multi-million copy bestselling authors Giacometti & Ravenne comes a Nazi spy thriller for fans of Dan Brown, Steve Berry and Wilbur Smith"e;I couldn't put it down .
Written by the beloved author, Jack London, The Night-Born is a compelling collection of ten short works of fiction, each featuring an interesting protagonist.
From the acclaimed author ofThe Magdalen GirlsandThe Tastercomes a powerful, unforgettable novel of strength and resilience, set against the backdrop of the Irish famine.
