1916. Leaving war-ravaged London, Jenny Doyle sets sail for New York where she is to work for the de Saulles family. Their home, Gatsby-like in elegance, is rife with intrigue & madness. Only Jenny's friendship with dancer Rodolfo offers escape... until, one tragic day, the household is changed forever. 1926. America booms, prohibition rules & Rodolfo has taken his place on the silver screen as Rudolph Valentino. Will the world's most desired film star & his long lost love have their Hollywood happy ending, or will the tragic echoes from their time with the de Saulles thwart them one last time? ...

Details: Rickie Alleyn, son of the famed detective Roderick Alleyn had taken to the peaceful Channel Island village of
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Johannes Kolmodin (1884-1933)
- philologist in Semitic languages & historian
- travelled from his native Uppsala to Constantinople

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In this extraordinary account, the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he was shot down, leading to months in hospital as part of Archibald Mc Indoe's ' Guinea Pig Club', undergoing pioneering plastic surgery to rebuild his face & hands. ...

A novel that tells the stories of New Yorkers who at every turn confront the worst excesses in human nature. It

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In AD 400 Roman rule in Britain was collapsing as the thinly stretched empire was besieged on all sides. In this book, the author explores various aspects of Late Roman military life, from recruitment to weaponry, marriage to wages, warfare to religion. ...

From the multiple award-winning author of Ysabel, Tigana & A Song for Arbonne, this powerful, moving saga evokes the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, & Norse cultures of a thousand years ago. There is nothing soft or silken about the north. The lives of men & women are as challenging as the climate & lands in which they dwell. For generations, the Erlings of Vinmark have taken their dragon-prowed ships across the seas, raiding the lands of the Cyngael & Anglcyn peoples, leaving fire & death behind. But times change, even in the north, & in a tale woven with consummate artistry, people of all three cultures find the threads of their lives unexpectedly brought together? Bern Thorkellson, punished for his father's sins, commits an act of vengeance & desperation that brings him face-to-face, across the sea, with a past he's been trying to leave behind. In the Anglcyn lands of King Aeldred, the shrewd king, battling inner demons all the while, shores up his defenses with alliances & diplomacy-and with swords & arrows-while his exceptional, unpredictable sons & daughters pursue their own desires when battle comes & darkness falls in the woods. & in the valleys & shrouded hills of the Cyngael, whose voices carry music even as they feud & raid amongst each other, violence & love become deeply interwoven when the dragon ships come & Alun ab Owyn, chasing an enemy in the night, glimpses strange lights gleaming above forest pools. ...

Details: This is the autobiography of Jack Straw
- an MP for thirty-three years & at the heart of government throughout

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Mexico, April 2009. The bodies of a pair of undercover military intelligence agents, disguised as campesinos (farmers), are dumped by the side of the road. Beside the corpses is a message on a scrap of paper: ' You'll never get El Chapo.' Such is the fate of many who have dared to try to catch El Chapo, or oppose him. ...

From the author of the million copy bestselling The Devil Wears Prada. Heartbreak, headlines & Hermes
- welcome to Brooke's new
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