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Jack Steel, first met in Man of Honour, is a splendid hero on a new and dangerous mission. Perfect for all fans of Bernard Cornwell''s Sharpe.MEET JACK STEEL - GENTLEMAN, SOLDIER, HERO.In the early eighteenth century, the British army led by John ...

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''If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts? PHILIPPA GREGORYFor centurie...

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From the author of Legacy, now a major BBC Film, comes a brilliant new historical crime novella for fans of Antonia Hodgson and CJ Sansom. To Mr Thomas Combe my sword. These six words in Shakespeare s will tell us that Shakespeare had a sword. Did...

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She kept her gaze fixed out of the window, towards the village and Withington Hall beyond. 'It's perfect,' she said... September 1920. A young bride is discovered dead at a country house on her wedding day. Has she fallen victim to ...

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John Telfer reads this exciting Torchwood adventure - a prequel to Torchwood: Miracle Day. When Oscar Lupe appears 20,000 feet up in the air, his body is frozen solid and free-falling to earth. It shatters on impact. Soon after, a CIA Special Acti...

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Ian Botham, voted the cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, was a genuine all-rounder who, when on form, was simply unstoppable. In his miraculous early career, he broke all the records: the fastest ever all-rounder to achieve the magical tes...

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Why does an international footballer with the World at his feet decide to take his own life?On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two years old.Viewed from the outside, ...

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*SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH, MARCH 2021* ';Absolutely spellbinding. I gobbled it up in two days and couldnot stop Miranda Seymour A remarkable and meticulously researched novel from award-winning writer Alan Judd, exploring ...

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Russian defectors are dying and only Charles Thoroughgood can make it stop';He saw Cleaner Bob arrive that morning, the morning of his death.'In the peaceful towns and villages of England, Cleaner Bob is washing windows, and people are dying in su...

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Antarctica is the coldest, most isolated place on earth. Luke Searle, maverick glaciologist, has made it his home. But soon his survival skills will be tested to the limit by a ruthless mercenary who must win at any cost. The white continent is un...

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George Best is considered the greatest footballer of our time. No other imposed himself so completely on to the romantic imagination. No other was so emblematic of the era during which he flourished. And no other will ever be as memorable as Georg...

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"e;Have you ever seen a ghost, Mr. Holmes?"e; asks Victoria Temple, and Sherlock Holmes, at the height of his powers in 1898, must face a new challenge, one that plunges the great detective into the realm of the supernatural. Miss Temple h...

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Here are five stunning novellas featuring the great detective, by the acknowledged master of Sherlockian pastiche.In these five tales of intellectual derring-do, Sherlock Holmes is shown at the height of his powers. He cooperates with a young Wins...

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Drugged, manacled, condemned to a dank cell in the depths of London's infamous Newgate prison, the world's greatest literary detective awaits execution by a vengeful crew of formidable enemies. Escape is impossible; death, a certainty. But not for...

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In a momentous period of British history, Donald Thomas' latest Sherlock Holmes adventure pits the great detective and his faithful biographer, Dr. John Watson, against an international conspiracy led by a disgraced English officer. Colonel Hunter...

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A ';riotously readabletender and affectionate' (Daily Mail, London) exploration of five hundred years of British historyfrom King Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth IIas seen through the doorways of the exquisite Hampton Court Palace.Architecturally br...

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