‘Working Mothers’ – An extract from Bread Winner by Emma Griffin
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
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Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World’s Greatest Scientist
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
Cursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
Throughout British history, the power of witchcraft, curses and black magic has endured. Whether in the 1800s or…
Younger Sons of Regency England (Part II) – William Yescombe
In Regency England, the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance,…
Younger Sons of Regency England (Part I) – The Story of Benjamin Smith
In Regency England, the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance,…
The Road Before Me Weeps by Nick Thorpe – An Extract
War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan, and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have…
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day by Guy Cuthbertson – An Extract
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In…
Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton, An Extract
We’re thrilled to be publishing Terry Eagleton’s latest work, Radical Sacrifice. Written in Eagleton’s trademark piercing and erudite…
Whistler’s Mother by Daniel Sutherland & Georgia Toutziari, An Extract
Discover the woman behind the portrait. Anna Whistler, the subject of the iconic portrait, Whistler’s Mother raised one of the…
The Ukrainian Night by Marci Shore, an extract
In The Ukrainian Night, historian Marci Shore examines the extraordinary events on the Maidan, Kiev’s central square, during the Winter…
Jane Austen: A Brief Life, by Fiona Stafford – An Extract
On this day in 1817, Jane Austen passed away in Winchester, England at the age of 41. In…
Praetorian by Guy de la Bédoyère – an extract
In his latest work, Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard, Guy de la Bédoyère traces the…
The Last Lover by Can Xue – An Extract
Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction In her first UK appearance, Chinese novelist and…
The Narrow Edge: Bay of Plenty
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey follows the extraordinary migration of red knots…
The Last Days of Stalin: An Extract
‘Genghis Khan with a telephone.’ On 5 March 2016 it will be 63 years since the death of…
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