From the author of the Orange New Writers shortlisted THE BOOK OF FIRES 1565. Across Europe, a new era of natural science is dawning. In a remote, damp corner of Somerset, an unlikely pioneer is working to change the course of English botany. Passionate, private, meticulous
- Henry Lyte has begun to neglect his other responsibilities in the pursuit of knowledge. This has happened before, with disastrous results. Married again after the tragic death of his first wife Anys, Henry tries to forget the past, absorbed by his scholarly translation of a Dutch ' Herbal' & by the intricate herb garden he is planting, with a Knot at its heart. Yet beneath the surface he is uneasy, & as the garden begins to flourish, old family troubles start to worm their way up towards the light. Here, on the edge of the fertile wetlands that his new wife Frances fears so much, Henry is accustomed to the peril of flood. But when the unexpected death of his father unleashes the malevolence of his stepmother Joan Young, he is not prepared for this new threat that could destroy everything he has come to love...
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From the author of the Orange New Writers shortlisted ' The Book of Fires', an extraordinary tale of love & science. When Henry Lyte brings his young bride Frances home to his Somerset estate, he hopes she will share in his devotion to the garden
- a refuge of fruit trees & flower beds, with a knot of herbs at its heart. Henry is a scholar, & his life's work is his 'herbal'
- a book of plants & their medicinal properties, intended for those who cannot afford physicians' expensive cures. But life on the edges of the flood plains makes Frances uneasy, & there are strange rumours abroad concerning the death of Henry's first wife
- rumours that can be traced to Henry's step-mother Joan Young, a grasping woman eager to seize control of the family's lands. & while Henry cannot tear himself from his studies, he stands the risk of losing everything he loves...


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In the slums of 19th-century New York. A tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs on the turn of a tarot card. Powerful, intoxicating & full of suspense. The Knowing is a darkly spellbinding novel about a girl fighting for her survival in the decaying criminal underworlds. Whilst working as a living canvas for an abusive tattoo artist, Flora meets Minnie, an enigmatic circus performer who offers her love & refuge in an opulent townhouse, home to the menacing Mr Chester Merton. Flora earns her keep reading tarot cards for his guests whilst struggling to harness her gift, the Knowing – an ability to summon the dead. Caught in a dark love triangle between Minnie & Chester, Flora begins to unravel the secrets inside their house. The Knowing is a stunning debut inspired by real historical characters including Maud Wagner, one of the first known female tattoo artists, New York gang the Dead Rabbits, & characters from PT Barnum’s circus. Product Information: • ISB... ...

The Korean War was a war of firsts: the first jet war; the first war where it was not possible to unleash full power, politically or militarily, & the first battlefield of the Cold War. Lasting three years, it took more than 2, 000, 000 military & civilian lives in its bloody wake. Setting all the rules for East/ West conflict during the nuclear age, it brought an unknowing world closer to an all-out atomic war than has ever been told. Historians, battle veterans & archival footage reveal the pain, glory & pathos of the war. ...

Two names reigned supreme in London's underworld in the sixties
- Ronnie & Reggie Kray; & it wasn't until 1969 that the twins went
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The Labyrinth is filled with beautiful portraits of mighty creatures from the world of myths & legends, just waiting to be brought

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A cross between ' The Memory-Keeper's Daughter' & ' The Sixth Sense', this mesmerising first novel takes the reader into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies & half-truths, culminating in an extraordinary twist. Would knowing the future be a gift or a burden? Or even a curse!? The Whitney women of Salem, Massachusetts are renowned for reading the future in the patterns of lace. But the future doesn't always bring good news -- as Towner Whitney knows all too well. When she was just fifteen her gift sent her whole world crashing to pieces. She predicted -- & then witnessed
- something so horrific that she vowed never to read lace again, & fled her home & family for good. Salem is a place of ghosts for Towner, & she swore she would never return. Yet family is a powerful tie. So it is that fifteen years later, Towner finds herself back in Salem. Her beloved Great Aunt Eva has suddenly disappeared -- & when you've lived a life like Eva's, that could mean real trouble. But Salem is wreathed in sickly shadows & whispered half-memories. It's fast becoming clear that the ghosts of Towner's fractured past have not been brought fully into the light. & with them comes the threat of terrifying new disaster. A literary page-turner with depth, narrative power & a story that novels like ' The Thirteenth Tale' can only dream of, ' The Lace Reader' is a bewitching & tightly plotted read.
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Magic, madam, is like wine &, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line & must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time embroidering terrible fates, or with endless paths in deep dark woods & houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines & heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairytales include a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor & Mary Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: Strange himself & the Raven King. ...

From the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring comes a historical tale of love, sex & revenge.

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Romantic comedy starring Henry Fonda as Charles Pike, the heir to the Pike Ale empire. Following a year spent looking for rare snakes, Charles is heading for New York aboard the S.S. Southern Queen. But with everyone on board the ship aware of his inherit ...