Jack Stannard has spent his whole life at sea, enduring savage beatings from his father and the furious aggression of whip-cracking storms. But a more cruel and dangerous foe is on the horizon. When Henry VIII dissolves the monasteries and wages war against France and Scotland simultaneously, Jack must take up his family destiny at the head […]
Historia giveaway! The Familiars by Stacey Halls
Historia’s giveaway for June 2019 is five copies of The Familiars by Stacey Halls, the bestselling historical novel set during the Pendle witch trials of 1612.
The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger
Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia ‘Ginie’ Courtauld in her tranquil garden in 1950s Rhodesia, The Dragon Lady tells Ginie’s extraordinary story, so called for the exotic tattoo snaking up her leg. From the glamorous Italian Riviera before the Great War to the Art Deco glory of Eltham Palace in the thirties, and from the secluded […]
Commodus by Simon Turney
Rome is enjoying a period of stability and prosperity. The Empire’s borders are growing, and there are two sons in the imperial succession for the first time in Rome’s history. But all is not as it appears. Cracks are beginning to show. Two decades of war have taken their toll, and there are whispers of […]
The Devil’s Slave by Tracy Borman
Frances Gorges has already survived the accusation of witchcraft. But if her torturers at the court of King James knew of her love for Tom Wintour, one of the executed members of the Gunpowder Plot, it would mean certain death. Pregnant with Tom’s child, hiding under the reluctant protection of her spiteful and ambitious brother, […]
The Serpent’s Mark by SW Perry
The Serpent’s Mark by SW Perry
Dark Water by Elizabeth Lowry
Dark Water, Elizabeth Lowry’s dark psychological novel set in the early 19th century
Full of Grace by Orla McAlinden
Returning to the beloved characters who populate Orla McAlinden’s award-winning debut The Accidental Wife, and introducing many new ones, Full of Grace probes deep into stories of love, betrayal, survival and belonging in a changing land