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Genre: Historical Fiction

The Unfortunate Englishman

John Lawton

RRP: £9.99

A thrilling portrait of 1960s Berlin and Krushchev’s Moscow, centring around the exchange of two spies – a Russian working for the KGB, and an unfortunate Englishman.Having shot someone in the chaos o …

Himmler’s Cook

Franz-Olivier Giesbert

RRP: £8.99

Aged 105, Rose has endured more than her fair share of hardships: the Armenian genocide, the Nazi regime, and the delirium of Maoism. Yet somehow, despite all the suffering, Rose never loses her joie …

The Midnight Watch

David Dyer

RRP: £20.00

WINNER OF THE 2016 THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS, MCKITTERICK PRIZE A fascinating, revelatory novel based on the true story of the ship, and its crew, that failed to come to the sinking Titanic’s aid. Set on …

The Prospector

J.M.G Le Clézio

RRP: £8.99

***J. M. G. Le Clézio is the Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Fiction***On the isle of Mauritius at the turn of the century the young Alexis L’Etang enjoys an idyllic existence with his parents and …

The Templar Succession

Mario Reading

RRP: £7.99

From the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author1998. Kosovo is in the grip of civil war, and John Hart is an aspiring photojournalist determined to capture the devastating scenes. On his mission to she …

West of Sunset

Stewart O'Nan

RRP: £14.99

In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long behind him. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruin, he struggled …

Melnitz

Charles Lewinsky

RRP: £10.99

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 OXFORD-WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE.1871. Cattle-dealer Solomon Meijer has made a reputation for himself as one of the few honest Jews in Endingen, a rare Swiss town in which …

The Alexandrian Embassy

Robert Fabbri

Rome, AD 39: Rome. Marcus Salvius Magnus, leader of the Crossroads Brotherhood, is buying a dangerous cargo of illegal weaponry. When a deal which will ensure Magnus’s dominance over Rome’s criminal u …

The Spider of Sarajevo

Robert Wilton

RRP: £8.99

From the secret archives of the Comptrollerate-General for Scrutiny and Survey Summer 1914: Europe is on the brink. As Britain’s enemies grow stronger, the Comptroller-General must confront the man wi …

The Winter Isles

Antonia Senior

RRP: £7.99

‘One of the must-reads of the year.’ Manda Scott I am Somerled. The summer warrior. What am I, if not a warrior?In twelfth-century Scotland, far removed from the courtly manners of the Lowland, the Wi …

Romanzo Criminale

Giancarlo De Cataldo

RRP: £14.99

It is 1977. A new force is terrorising Rome – a mob of reckless, ultraviolent youths known as La Banda della Magliana. As the gang ruthlessly take control of Rome’s heroin trade, they begin an inexora …

The Death’s Head Chess Club

John Donoghue

RRP: £8.99

Can you ever forgive the unforgivable?In 1962, Emil Clément comes face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament in Holland. They haven’t seen one another in almost two decades. Clément, once k …

The Death's Head Chess Club

John Donoghue

RRP: £10.99

Can you ever forgive the unforgivable?In 1962, Emil Clément comes face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament in Holland. They haven’t seen one another in almost two decades. Clément, once k …

Rome's Lost Son

Robert Fabbri

RRP: £10.99

THE EXPLOSIVELY GRIPPING, 300,000 COPY BESTSELLING ROMAN EPIC SERIES, PERFECT FOR FANS OF GLADIATORBritannia, 45 AD: Vespasian’s brother is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrif …

Rembrandt's Mirror

Kim Devereux

RRP: £8.99

Longlisted for the Historical Writers Association debut novel award 2016.Hendrickje, a young girl from a strict Calvinist family, leaves home to find work as a maid. Entering Rembrandt’s flourishing a …

A Want of Kindness

Joanne Limburg

RRP: £8.99

Longlisted for the Historical Writers Association debut novel award 2016.Every time I see the King and the Queen, I am reminded of what it is I have done, and then I am afraid, I am beyond all express …

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