The Fitzglens are London’s most celebrated theatrical family. They are also its most successful thieves. Their current target is a legend nobody believes in. The Tapestry of Silence. It’s said that the tapestry was woven from the blood and guilt of murderers. That the scene stitched into it is not decoration, but evidence. And that […]
Triumph by Griff Hosker
In the aftermath of the slave revolt and hard-fought victory over Spartacus’ relentless army, Lucius Porcianus thinks his days of fighting for the empire behind him. Injured and seemingly no longer needed by Rome, he returns to the quiet embrace of his family’s farm. Yet the blood of a soldier runs deep; restless and missing […]
The House of Cromwell by Miranda Malins
Within a century, the Cromwell family produced two of the most powerful, impactful and controversial commoners in British history. Thomas served the Tudors, helping to forge Henry VIII’s autocratic state and the Church of England; Oliver led a revolution that executed a king, abolished the monarchy and established a republic, before founding a ruling dynasty. […]
Cannae: The Longest Day by Ben Kane
It’s 216BC and, under a blisteringly hot sun, Hannibal Barca, perhaps the most skilful general in history, leads his army against the unstoppable might of Rome. His soldiers are outnumbered two to one. The momentous battle will determine the Roman Republic’s fate. By the day’s end, tens of thousands of men will be dead, the […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas by Susan Stokes-Chapman
The air glitters with hope as the snowy village of Merrywake celebrates the Christmas season after the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. As the Viscount’s famous Twelfth Night Ball draws closer, many of the villagers have a story to tell. We meet a lovelorn vicar and kindly maid reunited after a misunderstanding, three sisters vying […]
The Edge of Darkness by Vaseem Khan
India in 1951: after wilfully ignoring orders from her superiors, Persis Wadia, India’s first female police detective, has been exiled from Bombay to the wild and mountainous state of Nagaland. As India’s first post-Independence election looms, and tensions rise across the country, Persis finds herself banished to the Victoria Hotel, a crumbling colonial-era relic, her […]
Tangled Souls by Jane Dismore
Outrageously handsome, witty and clever, Harry Cust was reputed to be one of the great womanisers of the late Victorian era. In 1893, while a Member of Parliament, he caused public scandal by his affair with artist and poet Nina Welby-Gregory. When she revealed she was pregnant, horror swept through their circle known as ‘the […]
The Centurion by Jack Jarvie
Centurion Marcus Marcellus carries a legendary name. His great-grandfather was the Roman commander whose faith once astonished Jesus of Nazareth. But while Marcus inherited the reputation, he did not inherit the belief – until now. Persecuted in Rome, he is posted to Britannia’s bleak northern frontier. Charged with supplies for the emperor’s new wall, he […]