Spiced with Dickens's wit and eye for detail, this is a tautly plotted, dazzling historical thriller. Set before and during the French Revolution, it turns on a French nobleman who repudiate... read more
Spiced with Dickens's wit and eye for detail, this is a tautly plotted, dazzling historical thriller. Set before and during the French Revolution, it turns on a French nobleman who repudiate... read more
After Possession, the much-missed ASB turned her steely gaze on the later Victorians. Rummaging through biographies of E. Nesbit, Kenneth Grahame, J.M. Barrie and Alison Uttley, she introduc... read more
Written in the form of a letter to Marcus Aurelius, this timeless novel reimagines the Roman emperor Hadrian, looking back on his life. The prose is exquisite, the musings on art and death, ... read more
RW's first novel was published during WWI, in 1918. A soldier returns from the trenches to his country estate, to his wife Kitty and cousin Jenny. Shell-shocked, he can only remember his lif... read more