Blurb This epic piece of storytelling brings the world of fifteenth-century Italy to life as it traces Machiavelli’s rise from…
Blurb London. 1639.Thomas Tallant, a young and ambitious Spice Merchant, returns from India to find his city in turmoil. A…
Blurb Theodora: actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist. And Byzantine Empress of the Roman world. Stephen: handsome Syrian boy, wizard’s apprentice, palace eunuch. And Secretary…
“When I was young and powerless, they saw fit to manipulate Parliament to achieve their selfish ends. Those days are…
Blurb A man lies under the tawny earth, hands still clutching the knife that killed him.Thorfinn Sigurdarson, Earl of all…
Blurb By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and…
Once I read about the tempestuous life of Richard II’s mother, I began to understand a bit more about his…
Blurb In 1863, Civil War is raging in the United States. Victorine Meurent is posing nude, in Paris, for paintings…
Blurb When Margaret Clitherow is arrested for illegally harbouring Catholic priests, her friends, led by a youthful Guy Fawkes, face…
Blurb Raised in genteel poverty after the First World War, Maria Magdalena Dietrich dreams of a life on the stage.…