Two women in their mid-twenties, stifled by marriage and the monotony of Hampstead society, come across an advertisement in The Times: 'To Those Who Appreciate Wisteria and Sunshine. Small m... read more
A sweeping and original history of the connections between espionage and show business, co-written by CA, the authorised historian of MI5, and Green, an historian and theatre producer.
"Ballymaloe!" - thus would Lewis Carroll have chortled in his joy had he ever had the pleasure of sitting down to a soup of the evening with Rachel Allen, scattered with beautiful za'atar cr... read more
Pascaline goes batty at the prospect of going to school. (Actually she is a bat.) Alemagna is a wonderful illustrator and storyteller: her previous books - such as A Lion in Paris - exude ch... read more
Daughter of James I & VI, she briefly became Queen of Bohemia before being deposed along with her husband, Frederick V, Elector Palatine. This fine new biography of 'the Winter Queen' portra... read more
A collection of interconnected short stories by a former District Commissioner for Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province. Apparently inexorable consequences play out through multiple lives... read more