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Ah Ling: son of a prostitute and a white 'ghost', dispatched from Hong Kong as a boy to make his way alone in 1860s California. Anna Mae Wong: the first Chinese film star in Hollywood, forbidden to kiss a white man on screen. Vincent Chin: killed by a pair of Detroit...
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Sceptre
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2016-08-25
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'In a tale that more than matches its predecessors for pace and atmosphere, Hawkins is forced into confrontation with a psychopathic killer...hugely enjoyable' The Sunday Times'You will burn.'Late spring, 1728. Fresh from his escape from the gallows, Thomas Hawkins has...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2016-08-25
Collection :
Thomas Hawkins
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Step back in time with Karen Maitland, author of the much-loved Company of Liars, as she explores some true-crime cases of murderous children throughout history. In Wicked Children: Murderous Tales from History, the Dark Ages meets Stephen King's Carrie or We Need to...
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Review
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2016-08-25
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An epic and engrossing novel set at the beginning of the twentieth century, THE ODESSANS is the story of three families from Odessa in the Ukraine: the Russian Petrovs, the Jewish Geibers, and the Teslenkos, who are of Ukrainian and Polish descent. Throughout years of...
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Sceptre
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2016-08-11
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'She is the best of the modern chroniclers of these mediaeval wars . . . beautifully written, politically astute and full of insight into the moments when great history meets fragile human hearts.' The TimesMargaret Beaufort and Margaret of Anjou - two women who have...
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Penguin
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2016-08-04
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'An enthralling adventure story, honest and powerful. The Wars of the Roses are imagined here with energy, with ferocity, with hunger to engage the reader.' Hilary Mantel1469: Although the Yorkist King Edward sits on his throne in Westminster, within his family there is...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2016-06-30
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The captivating and quite unique historical novel, based on the incredible true story of Charles, Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont.Paris, 1755. On the eve of a major European war, Charles master swordsman, spy and Europe's principal cross-dresser is sent on a clandestine...
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Canelo
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2016-06-27
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ON A WING AND A PRAYER by Helen Carey is a nostalgic and heart-warming novel of south London during the Second World War. The perfect read for fans of Ellie Dean, Kate Thompson and Donna Douglas.October 1941. London has been ravaged by war for two years now and life...
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Headline
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2016-06-09
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'Sjón's slim, simmering masterpiece'David Mitchell'An extraordinary and original writer' A.S. Byatt'Unforgettable'Adam Foulds'A small book with a large heart'Chris PowerReykjavik, 1918. The eruptions of the Katla volcano darken the sky night and day. Yet despite the...
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Sceptre
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2016-06-02
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WINNER OF THE ROMANTIC TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDNew York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas returns with the second dazzling romance in the Ravenels series - perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. In her stunning novel, one of the...
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Piatkus
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2016-05-31
Collection :
The Ravenels
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FROM THE BESTSELLING BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORIn the winter of 1954, in a construction camp in the remote Tasmanian highlands, when Sonja Buloh was three years old and her father was drinking too much, her mother disappeared into a blizzard never to return.Thirty-five...
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Vintage Digital
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2016-05-26
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When Margaret Dempsey, daughter of a prosperous town merchant, falls in love with Michael Carty, son of a Fenian farmer, her family strongly disapprove. Bound closer by adversity, the couple enter their married life idealistic, yet innocent. Soon, however, their idyll...
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Hachette Books Ireland
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2016-05-12
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When Rosalind West leaves her native Durham for a job in London with the Doxbridge Motor Company she is determined to escape her background and build a new life. London is excitingly different and tantalisingly glamorous - especially when she meets the handsome and...
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Quercus
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2016-05-05
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The first in a new series of wartime sagas for fans of Maureen Lee, Katie Flynn and Dilly Court After finding out that her fiancé, Timmy, has been less than faithful, Evie is faced with a dilemma of the heart - she must try to mend their relationship or cut all ties and...
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Orion
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2016-04-21
Collection :
Evie's Dartmoor Chronicles
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'Glorious' New York Times'Endlessly inventive', Guardian, Best Books of 2016 'Wildly funny' Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies As Caravaggio, the libertine of Italy’s art world, and the loutish Spanish poet Quevedo aim to settle scores over the course of one...
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Vintage Digital
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2016-04-14
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'Reader, I murdered him.' JANE STEELE is a brilliant Gothic retelling of JANE EYRE from Edgar-nominated Lyndsay Faye, for fans of LONGBOURN and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES. 'I loved it' - Elly Griffiths.** JANE STEELE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST...
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Review
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2016-03-22
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Fifteenth-century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst...
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Orion
Parution :
2016-03-17
Collection :
Tom Swan and the Last Spartans
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Do you have a compelling vision for a story set in the past? Are you inspired by novelists such as Alan Furst and Philippa Gregory? Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction is designed for anyone who wants to write in this exciting and wide-ranging genre of fiction,...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
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2016-03-10
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'A beautifully crafted and hugely uplifting tale of friendship, history and love. A real gem' HEAT magazine'A captivating tale of love and loss' SUNDAY EXPRESS magazine'A stunning book, brilliantly written ... THE SONG OF THE SKYLARK will totally captivate you and your...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2016-03-10
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Don't miss the latest instalment in the Empire series, Vengeance, which is available to pre-order now! Coming November 2021.'A master of the genre' The TimesThe Tungrians have no sooner returned to Rome than they find themselves tasked with a very different mission to...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2016-03-10
Collection :
Empire series
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