A highly atmospheric and readable exploration of the charismatic magicians of the Tudor and Renaissance courts, their journeys through the courts of Europe and the wives and families who kept the whole magical show on the road...
Hettie Bagshot and Tilly Jenkins find themselves snowed in on Christmas night when they are visited by five Christmas spirits who threaten to ruin the festivities
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Set against an oppressive backdrop of political violence and natural disaster, A Splintering traces the class struggle of a woman stuck between province and metropolis, motherhood and ambition. Disquieting and utterly gripping.
A groundbreaking history of the way music has threaded through human history, by a brilliant young historian and BBC Next Generation Thinker
Richard Ainsworth moved to rural France for a quiet life, so being voted mayor of Saint-Sauveur comes as a terrible shock. After an unfriendly group of guests are pitched against each... Læs mere
A woman lost in her need for revenge, a girl on the run, and a terrifying antagonist known as the Prophet collide on the sooty streets of Victorian London, in this deliciously dark debut novel
Warsaw, 1949: freedom fighter and journalist, Kazimierz Moczarski is horrified to find himself locked up in a... Læs mere
A homicidal couple go on a luxury holiday to save their marriage, in this darkly funny and razor-sharp debut novel by rising star Sean Gilbert
Cycling through all 15 of the UK's National Parks, award-winning writer Simon Parker explores their beauty, their fragile wildlife and... Læs mere