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A Small Part of History

21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peggy Elliott

£6.99 21 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

A Small Part of History

21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peggy Elliott

£7.99 21 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

Silk and Steel

21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Catherine King

£5.99 21 Aug 2008 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

A powerful tale of bitter revenge and sweet retribution from the author of Women of Iron.

The Other Queen

21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Philippa Gregory

£18.99 21 Aug 2008 Hardback HarperCollins Publishers

A dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal from the author of The Other Boleyn Girl, in which Mary, Queen of Scots, fights to regain her kingdom whilst under the guard of Queen Elizabeth's trusted accomplice, Bess of Hardwick

Sharpe's Sword

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bernard Cornwell

£6.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

Bold, professional, ruthless - hero and man of action

Sharpe's Gold

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bernard Cornwell

£6.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

Bold, professional, ruthless - hero and man of action

Sharpe's Enemy

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bernard Cornwell

£6.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

Bold, professional, ruthless - hero and man of action

Sharpe's Eagle

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bernard Cornwell

£6.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

Bold, professional, ruthless - hero and man of action

Sharpe's Company

18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bernard Cornwell

£6.99 18 Aug 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

Bold, professional, ruthless - hero and man of action

The Painter from Shanghai

16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Novel

By J.C. Epstein

£14.99 16 Aug 2008 Hardback W W Norton & Co Ltd

Reminiscent of "Memoirs of a Geisha," this novel is a re-imagining of the life of Pan Yuliang and her transformation from prostitute to post-Impressionist.

The Rules of '48

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jack Cady

£9.99 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Night Shade Books

In a city with roots deep in the Confederacy, five men endure seven deadly weeks that forever alter their perceptions of the world. This book presents a semi-autobiographical examination of changing social conventions, and the development of the American conscience in the aftermath of the greatest war in history.

The Long Journey Home

15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Novel

By Laurel Means

£10.50 15 Aug 2008 Paperback Academy Chicago Publications

When Civil War veterans Henry Morton and his son, Wilson, return to the family farm after years of combat and imprisonment in a Confederate jail, they find that Henry's wife has died and his daughter Helen has eloped. Both Wilson and Morton's younger son William are determined to leave the farm for the nearby town.

Everything Good Will Come

13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sefi Atta

£7.99 13 Aug 2008 Paperback New Internationalist Publications Ltd

It is 1971 and Nigeria is under military rule - though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of waiting for school to start. This novel charts the fate of these two African girls; one who is prepared to manipulate the traditional system and one who attempts to defy it.

History of the Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, During

12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By R. John Kinnear

£75.99 12 Aug 2008 Hardback Indypublish.com

History of the Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, During

12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By R. John Kinnear

£71.99 12 Aug 2008 Paperback Indypublish.com

Manhunt

08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Christian Jacq

£6.99 08 Aug 2008 Paperback Simon & Schuster

First in a brand-new 2-part series from one of historical fiction's best-known names

The Heretic Queen

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Michelle Moran

£14.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Quercus Publishing Plc

A palace fire has killed the 18th dynasty's royal family - all but Nefertari, niece of the reviled former queen Nefertiti. A relic of a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside. But all of this changes when she is taken under the wing of pharaoh's aunt, where she is educated in a manner befitting a future queen.

Centurion

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Simon Scarrow

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

CENTURION was on the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list for several weeks, reaching the No. 2 position

Envoy of the Black Pine

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Clio Gray

£19.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Headline Publishing Group

A stunning new crime novel from this award-winning writer

To Play the Fox

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Frank Barnard

£12.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

The new novel in the thrillingly authentic World War Two RAF action adventure series moves to the brutal theatre of war in North Africa where Rommel is the Fighter Boy's principle target...

To Play the Fox

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Frank Barnard

£19.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Headline Publishing Group

The new novel in the thrillingly authentic World War Two RAF action adventure series moves to the brutal theatre of war in North Africa where Rommel is the Fighter Boy's principle target...

Murder's Immortal Mask

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Doherty

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

In the fourth novel in Paul Doherty's acclaimed Ancient Roman series featuring Claudia, secret agent of Empress Helena, a killer stalks the streets of Rome

Nightshade

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Doherty

£11.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

The sixteenth brilliant novel in the acclaimed Hugh Corbett series. Corbett must travel to Essex to investigate Lord Oliver Scrope and obtain the 'Sanguis Christi', treasure Scrope stole from the Templar Order after the fall of Acre.

Nightshade

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Doherty

£19.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Headline Publishing Group

Having the Decorators in

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Reay Tannahill

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

Centurion

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Simon Scarrow

£6.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Headline Publishing Group

CENTURION was on the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list for several weeks, reaching the No. 2 position

Painted in Blood

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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By Pip Vaughan-Hughes

£12.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Orion Publishing Co

The epic conclusion to the Petroc trilogy - and a powerful journey into the origins of the shroud of Turin...

The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Interviews and Outerviews

By Beatrice Colin

£16.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback John Murray General Publishing Division

The Minutes of the Lazarus Club

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Tony Pollard

£12.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Penguin Books Ltd

London, 1857 - the Lazarus Club. Some of the finest, most-unconventional minds in Victorian Britain - including Charles Darwin, Charles Babbage and Isambard Kingdom Brunel - are members of this brotherhood. Their meetings take place behind closed doors, their discussions are revolutionary and their conclusions sometimes forbidden.

The Last Queen

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Christopher Gortner

£19.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

A vivid historical romp to rival Philippa Gregory.

The Dragon's Tail

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Adam Williams

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Two lovers are torn apart by politics and history in this epic romance of twentieth-century China, during a period of dizzying change.

To Siberia

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Per Petterson

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Vintage

In the bitter cold of Danish Jutland, where the sea freezes over and the Nazis have yet to invade, a young girl dreams of one day going on a great journey to Siberia, while her beloved brother Jesper yearns for the warmer climes of Morocco. Their home, with a mother who sings hymns all day and a silent father, is as cold as their surroundings.

The Scandal of the Season

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sophie Gee

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Vintage

Tells the story of the seduction of the beautiful, clever Arabella Fermor by the charming, enigmatic nobleman Robert Petre, seventh Baron of Ingatestone. Arabella is in need of rich husband, but knows that girls have been ruined by risking an affair like the one she contemplates.

The Count of Concord

05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nicolas Delbanco

£9.99 05 Aug 2008 Paperback Dalkey Archive Press,U.S.

Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was--as Nicholas Delbanco writes--"world famous in his lifetime," yet now he has been "almost wholly forgotten." Like Delbanco himself, Sally Ormsby Thompson Robinson--the narrator of this novel and the Count's fictional, last-surviving relative--is "haunted" by one of history's most fascinating and remarkable figures. On par with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Count Rumford was, among many other things, a politician, a spy, a philanthropist, and above all, a scientist. Based on countless historical documents, including letters and essays by Thompson himself. The Count of Concord brings to life the remarkable career of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.

The Oysterback Tales

05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Helen Chappell

£10.00 05 Aug 2008 Paperback Johns Hopkins University Press

Once you find yourself in Oysterback, you may never want to leave. Nothing beats Desiree Grinch's corn soup at the Blue Crab Tavern. There's never a wait at The Curl Up 'N Dye Salon de Beaute. In season, you can buy your produce (as you pay your respects) at Dreedle's Funeral Parlor. There's bingo every Tuesday at the V.E.D.

The Crystal Film

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bruce Shepherd

£8.99 04 Aug 2008 Paperback Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

The Wolf Sea

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Low (Associate Features Editor, The "Observer")

£6.99 04 Aug 2008 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers

The gripping sequel to The Whale Road , charting the adventures of the Oathsworn, a band of Vikings looking for the return of the Rune Sword that will lead them to Attila's Hoard

Destroying Angel

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Larson, Charles M.

£16.46 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Zyrus Press

Blaze of Lightning, Roar of Thunder

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rosburg, Helen

£5.49 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Medallion Press

Beacon on the Shore

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mary Withall

£8.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Luath Press Ltd

Elizabeth Duncan is the new assistant teacher at the Eisdalsa school. Dr David Beaton returns to face old demons as William Whylie, and Gordon McIntyre start their lives on the island. All three men fall for Elizabeth, but faced with village gossips and a bullying colleague she can only think about how to cope in this small island community?

Crisis of Conscience

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mary Withall

£12.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Luath Press Ltd

As July 1948 approaches the community of Eisdalsa in Argyll anticipates great changes in the provision of its health services. While it is generally agreed the proposals will be for the common good, the Beaton doctors are faced with significant career changes which threaten the unity of this close knit family.

Katherine's Wish

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lappin, Linda

£8.24 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Wordcraft of Oregon

Diamonds in the Dust

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Beryl Matthews

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Severn House Publishers Ltd

The three Bentley children are used to fending for themselves. Their widowed mother has been forced to take a night job at Grants clothing factory, and sees them only at breakfast and on Sundays. Then one morning their mother fails to appear for breakfast as usual.

Loving and Losing

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Oldfield, Pamela

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Severn House Publishers

The First World War is nearly over and no one wants to admit that a new and deadly menace has arrived which will sweep through the world. Eve waits at home in England while her husband Harvey, a scientist, works in Camp Devens in the USA where hundreds of young soldiers have fallen sick with the virulent form of influenza.

Hampton Wick

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Carman, Robert O.

£9.88 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Tate Publishing & Enterprises

The Illustrator

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Brooker, Gerard

£8.79 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Tate Publishing & Enterprises

Lady Macbeth

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By King, Susan Fraser

£32.96 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Playaway

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The Rules of '48

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cady, Jack

£9.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Night Shade Books

Killing Rommel

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Pressfield, Steven

£18.65 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

The Endless Knot: Book Three in the Song of Albion Trilogy

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lawhead, Stephen R.

£4.39 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Thomas Nelson Publishers

Fires rage in Albion: strange, hidden fires, dark-flamed, invisible to the eye. Llew Silver Hand is High King of Albion, but now the Brazen Man has defied his sovereignty and Llew must journey to the Foul Land to redeem his greatest treasure. The last battle begins, and the myths, passions, and heroism of an ancient people come to life as Llew faces his greatest test yet.

The ancient Celts admitted no separation between this world and the Otherworld: the two were delicately interwoven, each dependent on the other. "The Endless Knot" crosses the thin places between this work and that, as Lewis Gillies begins his ultimate quest, striking the final resounding chord in the Song of Albion.

The Silver Hand: Book Two in the Song of Albion Trilogy

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lawhead, Stephen R.

£4.39 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Thomas Nelson Publishers

The great king, Meldryn Mawr, is dead, and his kingdom lies in ruins. Treachery and brutality rule the land, and Albion is the scene of an epic struggle for the throne. Lewis Gillies returns as Llew, seeking the true meaning behind a mysterious prophecy--the making of a true king and the revealing of a long awaited champion: Silver Hand.

The ancient Celts admitted no spearation between this world and the Otherworld: the two were delicately interwoven, each dependent on the other. "The Silver Hand" crosses the thin places between this world and that, as Lewis Gillies seeks to learn the secret of the prophecy of "The Silver Hand"--and to save Albion before it is too late.

Bleeding Kansas

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paretsky, Sara

£7.66 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Large Print Press

The "New York Times" bestselling authors most remarkable novel yet--a story of two families, linked by their Midwestern pioneer pasts, and the dark family secrets that threaten to tear them apart.

Justice for the Damned: A Medeival Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Royal, Priscilla

£8.21 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Poisoned Pen Press

In May of 1272 Prioress Eleanorrecovering from a near fatal winter feverreturns to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt and to continue her recovery. Instead, Death seems to lurk around every corner. When a man is decapitated near the river, Eleanor suspects a human hand at work, but her aunt is reticent to investigate. Who is this restless spirit? Is it a ghost? A demon? A human? This is the fourth novel in the Medeival Mystery series.

Forsaken Soul: A Medeival Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Royal, Priscilla

£12.61 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Poisoned Pen Press

Sweeping Up Glass

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wall, Carolyn D.

£12.61 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Poisoned Pen Press

Rumi: The Fire of Love

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Tajadad, Nahal

£14.81 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Overlook Press

Seaflower

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stockwin, Julian

£8.24 01 Aug 2008 Paperback McBooks Press

The third installment in a rousing naval-adventure series, this historical saga follows the shipwrecked Thomas Kydd and the rest of the crew from the ill-fated HMS" Artemis," Returning to England for the court-martial of the sole-surviving officer from that voyage, Kydd has evidence that could destroy the officer's career, as well as his own. In a political act to shield the officer's reputation, Kydd and his mate find themselves forcibly shipped off to the Caribbean where they encounter a new set of challenges, including warring French and English battleships, a death-defying voyage aboard the plucky naval cutter "Seaflower," and the ultimate challenge that will test their mettle. Loaded with nautical history and lore, this riveting tale strikes on universal themes of bravery, loyalty, friendship, and love.

Fragments of the Ark

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Meriwether, Louise

£21.57 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

Peter Mango - ship pilot, husband, slave - accomplished the impossible; he stole and delivered the gunboat Swanee to the Union Navy, bringing with a group of resolute runaways united in their flight by love, and by painful histories. Set in Charleston, South Carolina from 1861 to 1868, Louise Meriwether's rich and deeply moving novel recounts the story of Peter Mango, a slave whose daring Civil War escape from Charleston to the Union Navy brings him face-to-face with his freedom, and closer still to his own soul.

Fragments of the Ark

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Meriwether, Louise

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

The Scandal of the Season

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gee, Sophie

£8.24 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Scribner Book Company

Sexy and audacious, this irresistible debut novel reconstructs the real-life scandal that inspired Alexander Pope's famous and bestselling poem, "The Rape of the Lock."

Shavetail

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cobb, Thomas

£16.76 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

Hangman's Corner

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By King, Peter

£16.76 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

Days of Infamy

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gingrich, Newt Forstchen, William R.

£18.10 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

The Dark Cloud

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Boyd, Thomas

£9.86 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Rvive Books

Thomas Boyd is best known for "Through the Wheat," considered the greatest American novel of WW I. Boyd was a Marine, saw much fighting action, and was deeply influenced by his wartime experience. Later he wrote for newspapers, and while running a bookstore and writing the literary page of the St. Paul daily newspaper, was befriended by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who recommended him to Maxwell Perkins. Boyd published several books with Perkins, including "The Dark Cloud," originally published in 1924. It is the first of Boyd's several historical novels, telling the story of a British scout in Indian territory during the American Revolution. The "western" frontier of America was then Ohio. Boyd was fascinated by the moral issues facing everyday people in times of strife, and takes the reader directly into the daily lives of individuals trying to find their way. His strong feeling for the average person facing great challenges gives strength to the story and the characters who live it.

Cardigan Bay

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kerr, John C.

£13.74 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Corona Publishing Co.

Unconquered

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Johnny Neil Smith

£34.00 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Sunstone Press,US

The Man on a Donkey Part 2

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Prescott, H. F. M.

£7.66 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Loyola Press

The Pirate's Daughter

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cezair-Thompson, Margaret

£8.24 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Random House Trade

The Queen's Lady

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kyle, Barbara

£8.24 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Kensington Publishing Corporation

In the tradition of bestselling author Philippa Gregory comes a spellbinding, unforgettable historical novel set in the court of King Henry VIII.

Crooked Pieces

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Grazebrook, Sarah

£7.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Allison & Busby

Maggie seems to be going up in the world. Compared to living with her large and impoverished East London family and watching her mother being worn down by life and childbearing, working as a maid is a big improvement. When she meets and begins 'walking out' with a handsome police officer, it seems like a whole new horizon has opened up for her.

The Various Flavors of Coffee

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Capella, Anthony

£12.09 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Bantam

When Robert Wallis, an impoverished poet in turn-of-the-century London, accepts a commission from eccentric coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorize the elusive tastes of coffee, little does he know his assignment will completely alter his life.

The Little Book

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Edwards, Selden

£14.26 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Dutton Books

An irresistible triumph of the imagination more than 30 years in the making, "The Little Book" is a breathtaking love story that spans generations, ranging from fin de siecle Vienna through the pivotal moments of the 20th century.

Standard of Honor

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Whyte, Jack

£5.49 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Jove Books

From the author of "Knights of the Black and White" comes this second novel in the thrilling historical trilogy about the rise and fall of the powerful and mysterious Templars.

Crusade

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Young, Robyn

£8.24 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Plume Books

The second volume in Young's internationally bestselling Brethren trilogy, this gripping historical fiction reads like tomorrow's headlines--portraying a rising tide of political pressures that led East and West to war in the 13th century.

Ralph Compton Blood on the Gallows

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Compton, Ralph West, Joseph A.

£3.29 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Signet Book

Former big city detective John McBride is an easygoing man--until a cold-blooded sheriff warns him to mind his own business or face a lynching. Driven by his sense of justice, McBride takes on the sheriff, an evil mayor and his cruel psychotic son, and a small army of hired gunmen. Original.

The Sanctuary

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Khoury, Raymond

£5.49 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Signet Book

In the latest thriller from the author of the bestselling novel "The Last Templar," a geneticist becomes embroiled in a deadly quest for a secret that has destroyed everyone in its path for centuries.

Midwife of the Blue Ridge

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Blevins, Christine

£7.69 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Berkley Publishing Group

As the lone survivor of an attack on her village, the woman called Dark Maggie was thought to be cursed--and unfit for marriage. Venturing to the colonies as an indentured servant, she hopes to escape the superstitions of the old country and find a home of her own.

The King's Gold

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Perez-Reverte, Arturo

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Putnam Adult

Of Merchants and Heroes

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Waters

£7.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Pan Macmillan

At the end of the third century BC, Republican Rome was threatened by a new enemy, Philip, the tyrant king of Macedon in the east. Into this turbulent world emerges our Roman hero, Marcus. Fate takes him to some of the great cities of the Greco-Roman world, where he learns much and finds love unexpectedly.

Rhett Butler's People

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By McCaig, Donald

£5.49 01 Aug 2008 Paperback St. Martin's Press

Called a must-read ("People"), this "New York Times" bestseller chronicles the life and times of the legendary Rhett Butler. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Martin's Press.

The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Erickson, Carolly

£7.66 01 Aug 2008 Paperback St. Martin's Griffin

The bestselling author of "The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette" and "The Last Wife of Henry VIII" returns with an enchanting novel about one of the most seductive women in history--Josephine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon.

Falls the Shadow

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Penman, Sharon Kay

£9.31 01 Aug 2008 Paperback St. Martin's Griffin

Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience with the king's incompetence and inability to keep his word, and found himself the champion of the common people.
This is his story, and the story of Henry III, as weak and changeable as Simon was brash and unbending. It is a tale of opposing wills that would eventually clash in a storm of violence and betrayal--an irresistible saga that brings the pages of history completely, provocatively, and magnificently alive.

The Queen's Devotion: The Story of Queen Mary II

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Plaidy, Jean

£8.21 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Three Rivers Press (CA)

Lyrical and vivid, "The Queen's Devotion" deftly explores the palace intrigue and political maneuverings of a unique time that saw the rise of England's only co-regents, William and Mary.

A Manuscript of Ashes

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Molina, Antonio Munoz

£13.74 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Harcourt

It's the late sixties, the last dark years of Franco's dictatorship: Minaya, a university student in Madrid, is caught up in the student protests and the police are after him. He moves to his uncle Manuel's country estate in the small town of Magina to write his thesis on an old friend of Manuel's, an obscure republican poet named Jacinto Solana.

The country house is full of traces of the poet--notes, photographs, journals--and Minaya soon discovers that, thirty years earlier, during the Spanish Civil War, both his uncle and Solana were in love with the same woman, the beautiful, unsettling Mariana. Engaged to Manuel, she was shot in the attic of the house on her wedding night. With the aid of Ines, a maid, Minaya begins to search for Solana's lost masterpiece, a novel called "Beatus Ille," Looking for a book, he unravels a crime.

For a Sack of Bones

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lluls-Anton Baulenas

£17.99 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Harcourt Publishers,U.S.

After 8 years in exile, Sergeant Genis Aleu returns to the city of Barcelona bearing the mark of a man who has seen many battles - and who has one last mission ahead of him. A soldier in the foreign legion, Aleu cuts a fearsome figure as he negotiates around the paranoid citizens of Franco's Spain, trying to fulfil his father's dying wish.

The Little Book

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Edwards, Selden

£21.95 01 Aug 2008 Compact Disk Penguin Audiobooks

Treason's Harbour

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

There's treachery afoot in this, the ninth of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels.

The Yellow Admiral

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

The Yellow Admiral -- the eighteenth novel in the sequence hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written -- sets the fall and rise of Jack Aubrey in brilliant counterpoint to the fall and rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Wine-dark Sea

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. This is the sixteenth Aubrey-Maturin maritime novel.

The Thirteen-Gun Salute

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Reinstated to the Navy List, Jack Aubrey engages on a secret mission with a hand-picked crew in this continuation of the Aubrey-Maturin series.

The Surgeon's Mate

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

The Reverse of the Medal

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Returning from South America, Jack Aubrey finds himself led into the half worlds of the London criminal underground in this most unconventional of Patrick O'Brian's lauded naval tales.

The Nutmeg of Consolation

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

The fourteenth novel in the classic Aubrey-Maturin series finds Aubrey and Maturin shipwrecked, harassed by pirates and then in the brutal penal colonies of New South Wales.

The Mauritius Command

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are now widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

The Letter of Marque

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Struck off the Navy List for a crime he did not commit, Jack Aubrey takes command of a privateer and begins a voyage which may, just may, restore him to the rank.

The Ionian Mission

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin set sail on a hazardous mission to the Greek Islands, as ever fighting against the odds.

The Hundred Days

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Nineteenth novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series: a classic naval adventure, crammed with incident, superbly plotted and utterly gripping. "You are in for the treat of your lives. Thank God for Patrick O'Brian" Irish Times

The Fortune of War

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. This naval adventure finds Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin in the Dutch East Indies and there's trouble brewing.

The Far Side of the World

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

The Commodore

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. This is the seventeenth Aubrey-Maturin novel.

Post Captain

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£9.99 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

Master and Commander

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£9.99 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey--Maturin tales now are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

HMS "Surprise"

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

"Lucky" Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin accept a commission to the East Indies in this tale of Nelson's navy.

Flashman on the March

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By George MacDonald Fraser

£15.99 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Flash Harry, celebrated Victorian bounder, amorist and poltroon extraordinaire is back in this, the long-awaited twelfth installment of the critically acclaimed Flashman Papers.

Desolation Island

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written.

Clarissa Oakes

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

The fifteenth Aubrey-Maturin novel in which Jack finds himself re-united with the Surprise, but dangerously out of touch with his crew.

Blue at the Mizzen

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick O'Brian

£7.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

The brand new Aubrey-Maturin novel, the twentieth in this classic series.

The Whale Road

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Low

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

The first in a brand new series charting the adventures of the Oathsworn, a band of Vikings on the chase for the secret hoard of Attila the Hun.

English Passengers

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Matthew Kneale

£9.99 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

WINNER -- WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2000

Lords of the Bow

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Conn Iggulden

£24.49 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

The brand new novel from the No.1 bestselling author of Emperor, his series on Julius Caesar. The second in the bestselling new Conqueror series on Genghis Khan, it is a wonderful, epic story which Conn Iggulden brings brilliantly to life.

Lords of the Bow

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Conn Iggulden

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

The Virgin's Lover

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Philippa Gregory

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Network Resource HarperCollins Publishers

Sumptuous historical novel from bestselling author of THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL and THE QUEEN'S FOOL