In the fifty years between 1530 and 1580, England moved from being one of the most lavishly Catholic countries in Europe to being a Protestant nation, a land of whitewashed churches and anti-papal preaching. What was the impact of this...
England
- Author:Duffy, EamonSummary:
- Author:Fowler, ChristopherSummary:
Returning to the Victoria Cross pub hours after witnessing the murder of a woman, Detective Arthur Bryant is stunned to discover that the pub itself has vanished and the street around it has mysteriously aged, and calls in the Peculiar...
- Author:Doyle, Arthur ConanSummary:
Have Holmes and Watson finally met their match in the dreaded Molly McGuires and the diabolical Moriarity?
- Author:Starr, MelSummary:
A local lord asks Hugh of Singleton to track the killer of a young woman whose bones have been found in the castle cesspit, identified as the impetuous missing daughter of a local blacksmith.
- Author:Benison, C. C.Summary:
When a costumed, pike-spiked body turns up after a traditional historic reenactment of the 1645 Battle of Thornford, the Reverend Tom “Father” Christmas and the villagers of Thornford Regis find themselves in a battle of their own as...
- Author:Christie, AgathaSummary:
Indomitable detective Hercule Poirot is pitted against nine cunning adversaries in nine tales of murder, deception, terror, disappearance, and suspense.
- Author:James, HenrySummary:
A governess is hired to look after two orphaned children living at their absentee uncle’s grand estate and soon becomes convinced that her charges are controlled by the ghosts of the former governess and her lover. Famous for its rich...
- Author:Jewell, LisaSummary:
When she was nine years old, Melody Browne's house burned down, and it took all of her childhood memories with it. Now she's a single mother of a teenage boy living in Central London. She hasn't seen her parents since she left home at...
- Author:Burrowes, GraceSummary:
Sooner or later, Duke Robert Rothmere's enemies will try to seize his wealth. If Robert is to foil their schemes, he needs to marry a perfectly proper, blessedly boring, deadly dull duchess, immediately. Lady Constance Wentworth...
- Author:AviSummary:
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
- Author:Osman, RichardSummary:
A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment "Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining." -Wall Street Journal "Don't trust anyone, including the four...
- Author:Vayden, KristinSummary:
Dogged by gossip and scandal, Ramsey Scott, Marquess of Sterling, is the last man who should stand guard over lovely Miss Grace Morgan, much less fall for her. When the innocent's first outings of the season land her in Temptations...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
When Beatrix finds an abandoned infant, Captain Woodcock and Dimity care for the child as Beatrix and her furry and feathered friends search for its mother.
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
After his haystacks are burned, Farmer Harmsworth barricades the common path through Applebeck Orchard. Reliable witnesses say the arson was the work of a lantern-bearing specter. But has the culprit left clues Miss Potter can decipher...
- Author:Hollinghurst, AlanSummary:
- Author:Nesbit, E.Summary:
When their father's business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortune. But although they think of many ingenious ways to do so, their well-meant efforts are often more fun than profitable--until one...
- Author:Crombie, DeborahSummary:
While investigating the murder of a well-respected barrister who was found dead at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace, Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot, begin to question everything they...
- Author:Solomons, NatashaSummary:
Harry Fox-Talbot and his brothers are determined to save their once grand home from ruin. Fifty years later, now a celebrated composer, Fox reels from the death of his adored wife, Edie. But his connection with his four-year-old...
- Author:Bunn, T. DavisSummary:
The Solitary Envoy begins the glorious Heirs of Acadia series of historical novels set in the early days of the American Republic. Erica Langston's comfortable life in Georgetown is threatened when the British invade. Soon she must...
- Author:Priestley, J. B.Summary:
Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning play, wrapped up in the genre of a gripping detective story, to truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body".