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Without libraries, what have we? We have no past and no future. This book tells for the first time in English the story of the first great universal library in the age of printing – and of the so…

The ultimate story of escape to riches, revenge and redemption by ‘the Napoleon of storytellers’.Falsely accused of treason, Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding night and imprisoned in the g…

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a new series that captures the simmering desires and intrigues of early Victorians as only she can.‘Stephanie Laurens’ heroines…

Based on explosive new evidence, bestselling author David Talbot tells America’s greatest untold story: the United States’ rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen Welsh Dulles, the longe…

Five incredible true stories of canine bravery in wartime.For as long as dogs have lived alongside man, they have saved their lives in wartime with their bravery, loyalty and companionship. From …

The unputdownable multi-million copy bestseller charting the rags to riches story of Emma Harte.This exclusive ebundle includes all 7 titles in the epic Harte family saga, featuring the legendary…

The first two novels in an epic series about Queen Emma of Normandy, set in 11th-century England when Vikings are on the brink of invasion. A standout series of seduction, war, betrayal and unreq…

The first four books in Conn Iggulden’s acclaimed Emperor series brilliantly interweave history and adventure to recreate the astonishing life of Julius Caesar: the greatest Roman of them all. No…

The first four books in Conn Iggulden’s acclaimed Emperor series brilliantly interweave history and adventure to recreate the astonishing life of Julius Caesar: the greatest Roman of them all. No…

Conn Iggulden’s bestselling Emperor series, now in one complete eBook for the first time.Rome uncovered.This is the astounding life of Julius Caesar, chronicled here in all five novels from Conn …

Conn Iggulden’s bestselling Emperor series, now in one complete eBook for the first time.Rome uncovered.This is the astounding life of Julius Caesar, chronicled here in all five novels from Conn …

‘A heartwarming read’ My Weekly ‘A delightful, nostalgic read’ Woman MagazineFar from home, an adventure they’ll never forget…June 1940. Evacuee twins Connie and Jessie are reminded every day of …

‘If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make … it is that we all go around assuming the world is much more of a planned place than it is.’From the industrial revol…

History has forgotten Caroline of Ansbach and yet in her lifetime she was compared frequently to Elizabeth I and considered by some as ‘the cleverest Queen consort Britain ever had’.The intellect…

A novel of family secrets hidden through two generations, set against the stunning backdrop of the Lake District in midwinter. From the author of The Villa in Italy.One family Christmas uncovers …

A radical look at Jane Austen as you’ve never seen her – as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britain’s favourite novelist 200 years after her de…

You are born into it or marry in. Loyalty is absolute, bloodshed revered and you kill or go to your grave before betraying The Family. This code of omertà is how the 'Ndrangheta became the world’…

Unpublished for 90 years, Agatha Christie’s extensive and evocative letters and photographs from her year-long round-the-world trip to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America as …

Johan Thoms (pronounced Yo-han Tomes) was born in Argona, a small town twenty-three miles south of Sarajevo, during the hellish depths of winter 1894.Little did he know that his inability to reve…

‘Yet another compulsively readable, astonishingly encyclopaedic book from Roy Porter…his best to date: an epic, one-volume narrative history of man’s struggle with the infirmities of his body, fr…