From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin comes the most entertaining novel about illness and death one’s ever likely to read and asks the uncomfortable fiscal question: how much is one life worth?
From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin comes the most entertaining novel about illness and death one’s ever likely to read and asks the uncomfortable fiscal question: how much is one life worth?
A novel that hits right to the heart of fans of Cold Mountain and True Grit. Set in 1837, this is the completely compelling story of 12-year-old orphan Thomas Walker and his treacherous journey home through the wide open lands of America.
Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid. Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey.
Tracy Chevalier’s stunning novel of how one woman’s gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century.
A revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.
Fairytale and history, wilderness and civilisation collide in this brilliant and magical new novel from the author of Little Exiles.
‘A triumph. Excellent’ Time Out
‘A beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colours’ The Times
‘An intriguing and poignant read’ Sunday Express
‘Such an achievement for a serious writer that you feel it deserves an award’ Independent
‘Vividly imagined’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England’ Daily Mail
‘A visual delight’ The Times
‘A splendidly vital recreation of Georgian London’ Sunday Times
‘Enormously enjoyable’ Evening Standard
‘Charming’ The Times
The beloved and bestselling novelist Joanna Trollope’s contemporary reworking of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility launches The Austen Project and is already one of the most talked about books of the year.
A poignant story of love and redemption, The Moon Field explores the loss of innocence through a war that destroys everything except the bonds of human hearts.
Set in England in the early 1760s, this is a chilling and deliciously dark tale of manipulation, sex, and seduction.