'One of the best books I have read' Reviewer *****'A compelling story of bravery, love and survival' Reviewer *****'The twists and turns will keep you engrossed all the way through' Reviewer *****'Powerful and truly moving' Reviewer *****-----THE NEXT WORDS HE WRITES COULD BE HIS LAST .
'Transporting and transfixing' - Julia DahlBaja California, 1979: Viridiana spends her days under the harsh sun, watching the fishermen pulling in their nets and the dead sharks piled beside the seashore.
The Peacock Spring is a beautiful and heartbreaking novel of loss of innocence and coming-of-age from Rumer Godden, the acclaimed author of Black Narcissus and The Greengage Summer.
Venedig, die "Serenissima", feiert ihren Abschied von der Weltbühne mit einem grandiosen Fest, in dem Luxus, Promiskuität, Geldgier, Spielsucht, Oper und Konzerte die Hauptrollen spielen.
1882, der Parsifal ist in Bayreuth uraufgeführt: Mitte September übersiedelt der fast 70-jährige Richard Wagner mit seiner Familie nach Venedig, in den Palazzo Vendramin am Canal Grande.
A heart-warming and emotional saga perfect for the coronation, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Rosie Goodwin and Vicky Beeby'This joyful saga is the perfect read to get you in the Coronation spirit!
'Rachel Rhys is in a league of her own, creating compelling, engrossing historical mysteries that grip readers by the throat every single time' LISA JEWELL'Rachel Rhys should be everyone's summer reader' CLARE MACKINTOSH------------An isolated castle, a deadly crime.
Set against the Blitz in London, a young woman's extraordinary journey of self-discovery and an intimate meditation on what it takes to find our place in the world.
A young Polish woman imprisoned in Auschwitz plays chess in exchange for her life in this "e;smart and haunting"e; WWII novel (New York Times-bestselling author Patti Callahan).
A provocative, immersive medieval novel starring one of literatures most unforgettable characters in her own wordsChaucers bold and libidinous Wife of Bath.
USA Today BestsellerIn this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yards Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case yet: a murder with no body, and a killer who can only be a ghost.
Inspired by true events, a breathtaking WWII historical novel about the brave American women who trained the British Royal Air Force, by New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath.
Veinticuatro trepidantes horas en las calles, las domus y los suburbios de Roma: en medio de conspiraciones, traiciones y avisos de los dioses, nacerá el futuro general Quinto Sertorio y el destino de la República afrontará un giro irreversible.
The storyboth romantic and terrifyingof how a handful of men, armed with nothing more than handguns and guts, forced the greatest nation in the world from their shores.
Several years after the French Revolution, in the winter of 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte has to make a crucial decision: to keep the main ideals of the new France alive or to elevate the country into a powerful base by making it an empire and becoming emperor.
Lined with grandeur, tragedy and fantasy, Tarana Husain Khan's odyssey maps the social, political and religious contours of 1897 Sherpur with the fascinating and strong-willed Feroza Begum at the centre of the storm.
Esta novela histórica recoge la vida y vicisitudes del cartógrafo y navegante vasco Ochoa de Andraka y su esposa, en una época esencial para comprender un hito de suma transcendencia para la humanidad, como fue el descubrimiento de América en 1492 por Cristóbal Colón.
In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
