Who in the UK now remembers Ransmayr’s ‘The Last World’, about Ovid in exile, which was such a bestseller in 1990? He remains a major European literary figure, and his new novel about Alister Cox, the C18th English clockmaker who went to the court of the Chinese Emperor, is an excellent place to start.
Cox: or The Course of Time
£21.99
Edition:Hardback978085742736615/01/2021From a Bookshelf nearby
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Set in 1742, this is a rollicking reworking of Moonfleet in which a wild, cross-dressing teenage girl joins a bloodthirsty gang of smugglers to avenge her father's murder.
Winchelsea
Hardback £14.99 -
The Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins descends on seventeen-century Essex, where he finds himself oddly fascinated by a 'peculiar' young woman. A historical novel with real bite, which rec... read more
The Manningtree Witches
Paperback £8.99 -
Brighton, 1968: a film producer, a novelist and an actress find their private lives encroaching into their public worlds. Pressures build on the trio...
Trio
Hardback £18.99 -
Like the new novel by the other twice-Booker-winner on this list, this is the third in a trilogy... following Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, both of which are also reissued in hardback a... read more
The Mirror and the Light (The Wolf Hall Trilogy)
Hardback £25.99