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The Ways of Women
Author: Elaine Crowley
ISBN: 9781407230597

Between the two world wars, Dublin was a bubbling cauldron of deceit, betrayal, and warring factions. Rosie Quinlan and her daughter, Sarah, are locked in combat because Rosie disapproves of her... [view more]

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The House of Shadows
Author: Paul C. Doherty
ISBN: 9780755307777

In the late autumn of 1380, Brother Athelstan and his parish council are busy preparing for the annual Christmas mystery play when two young whores are found slain at a Southwark tavern. Their deaths... [view more]

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Murder Most Holy
Author: Paul T. Harding; Paul Doherty
ISBN: 9780747239543

It is the early summer of 1379 and Sir John Cranston, Coroner of the city of London, has trapped himself in a wager with Signior Gian Galeazzo, Lord of Cremona, who has challenged him to resolve a... [view more]

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Around the World in Eighty Days
Author: Jules Verne
ISBN: 9780553213560

Jules Verne Great excitement and awe greeted its publication in 1873, and today Around the World in Eighty Days remains Jules Verne’s most successful novel. A daring wager by the... [view more]

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The Secret Crown
Author: Chris Kuzneski
ISBN: 9780141399775

Bavaria, 1886 . . . King Ludwig II, is declared insane by his government and removed from the throne.  A day later, Ludwig's corpse washes up in the shallows of Lake Starnberg. ... [view more]

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Memory Palace
Author: Christie Dickason
ISBN: 9780007101283

1639- Zeal Beester, mistress of the rolling Hampshire estate of Hawkridge, is pregnant and unwed. The King has banished her lover to the New World and the Puritan Praise-God Gifford would have her... [view more]

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The Playmaker
Author: Thomas Keneally
ISBN: 9780340341544

First Edition 1987. Copyright Serpentine Publishing 1987. Cover is hard dark blue. Excellent condition. Gilt lettering. Some rubbing at bottom of inside cover. Dust Jacket is present. Good... [view more]

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True History of the Kelly Gang
Author: Peter Carey
ISBN: 9780702232633

Reissue of a novel based on the story of the notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly (1855-80), presented in the form of a diary kept by Kelly for his daughter. First published in 2000 and awarded... [view more]

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City of the Dead
Author: Anton Gill
ISBN: 9780747514862

Tutankhamun is killed while on a hunting trip to celebrate the pregnancy of his wife, Ankhsenpaamun. A vicious struggle for the succession ensues. The lives of the widow and her unborn child are in... [view more]

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The People's Train
Author: Tom Keneally
ISBN: 9780340980545

Artem Samsurov, a protégé of Lenin, makes an extraordinary escape from Tsarist Russia to reach sanctuary in Australia, but soon discovers that repression and injustice exist there too. Though... [view more]

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The Valley Of Blood And Gold
Author: Tony Palmer
ISBN: 0001000007030

It is 1854 and Ballarat is teming with miners dreamers and rebels. On the eve of the Eureka Strockade battle Fintan Donavan is fighting private battles of his own. Torn between his Irish upbringing... [view more]

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The Vortex
Author: Jose Eustasio Rivera
ISBN: 0001000006897

1935 - September FIRST ENGLISH EDITION Putnam London. Translated from Spanish by E. K. James. Hard Cover: rubbing to edges, and a slight water mark to top edge. Dust Jacket: present, intact, some... [view more]

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A Lady of Hidden Intent
Author: Tracie Peterson
ISBN: 9780764201462

When her father is falsely imprisoned for slave trading, Catherine Newbury finds her English world turned upside down. Whisked away with trusted servants to America, she is forced to disguise her... [view more]

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The Heir
Author: Johanna Lindsey
ISBN: 9780732270223

Duncan MacTavish has lived twenty-one years deliriously contented years in the Scottish Highlands, but has recently learned he is the sole heir of an English Marquis and is now required to assume his... [view more]

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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Author: H. B. Stowe
ISBN: 0001000007007

c 1930 Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. London. Inscription on front loose end paper is dated 1930. Hard Cover: red cloth with black border and lettering. Some very low shelf wear. No Dust... [view more]

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The Temple of Optimism
Author: James Fleming
ISBN: 9780099283522

The Temple of Optimism tells the tale of the relationships of two men and one woman in Derbyshire in 1788. Superficially, the plot is simple: Anthony Apreece covets the land of his young neighbour,... [view more]

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House at War, the Continuing Story of The House of Eliott
Author: Elizabeth O'Leary
ISBN: 9780312135133

"Still sought after by the rich and influential, the House of Eliott is thriving. The triumphant 1936 season has given the queens of London's haute couture, fiery redheaded Beatrice and strikingly... [view more]

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The Lantern Bearers
Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
ISBN: 0001000006999

*This copy is brand new and still in it's protective plastic wrap* Appears to be 2009 The Folio Society London. Hard Cover: brown cloth with coloured illustrations. Slipcase: present, intact,... [view more]

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The Silver Branch
Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
ISBN: 0001000006998

2009 The Folio Society London. *This is a brand new copy still in it's protective plastic wrapper* Hard Cover: grey cloth illustrated, fine. Slip case: present, intact, black in colour,... [view more]

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A Dream of Red Mansions
Author: Xueqin Cao; E. Gao; Xianyi Yang; Gladys Yang
ISBN: 9780048200280

A Dream of Red Mansions iss generally considered to be the greatest Chinese novel ever written. It was written by Tsao Hsueh-chin during the reign of Emperor Chien-lung of the Chin dynasty. The... [view more]

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