Life as a sailor must be so exciting!

But as Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth, I would never be allowed to try out my

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Read by Tracy-Ann Oberman. Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta has always had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she meets his prisoner, Joan of Arc, & sees her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. Married to the Duke of Bedford, English Regent of France, Jacquetta is introduced by him to a mysterious world of learning & alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the Duke's squire, Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the Duke's death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The two become lovers & marry in secret, returning to England to serve at the court of the young King Henry VI, where Jacquetta becomes a close & loyal friend to his new queen. The Woodvilles soon achieve a place at the very heart of the Lancaster court, though Jacquetta can sense the growing threat from the people of England & the danger of royal rivals in the House of York. Jacquetta fights for her King, her Queen, & for her daughter Elizabeth Woodville, a young woman for whom Jacquetta can sense an extraordinary & unexpected future: a change of fortune, the throne of Engl&, & the white rose of York. ...

Alison Read, orphaned when she was two years old, had for some years lived & worked with Paul Aylmer, her appointed guardian. Paul, an experienced antique dealer whose business thrived in the south-coast town of Sealock, had come to rely on Alison, who had quickly learned the trade. But when he had asked her to value the contents of Beacon Ride, a chain of events was set off that led to the exposure of a secret he had for years managed to conceal. As a result, Alison's relationship with Paul came under threat & she knew that only by confronting the situation head-on would her ambitions be realised. Part-mystery, part-love story, & with its fascinating glimpses of the world of antiques in the 1960s, The Lady on my Left displays yet another facet of Catherine Cookson's remarkable talent. ...

Classic thriller from Alfred Hitchcock, made shortly before he moved to America. When the elderly Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty) goes missing on a train bound for Engl&, her friend Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) sets out to find her. However, Iris's attempts are immediately frustrated by her fellow passengers, who question whether Miss Froy ever even existed. Only music scholar Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) is prepared to believe Iris, & together they set about getting to the bottom of the mystery. ...

For a single wild orchid her world was torn apart! It is 1660. The King has returned, but the wounds of the Civil War remain. In rural Westmorl&, artist Alice Ibbetson has become captivated by the rare Lady's Slipper orchid growing on the land of recently converted Quaker, Richard Wheeler. But others are equally captivated by the orchids strange beauty. A local medicine woman is seduced by the Lady's Slipper's mysterious medicinal powers, while Sir Geoffrey Fisk, Alice's patron & former comrade-in-arms of Wheeler, sees the plant as a way to repair his ailing fortunes. Vivid, gripping & intensely atmospheric, The Lady's Slipper is a novel of beauty, faith, love & loyalty. ...

From bestselling authors Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris
- a nugget of wisdom in the phenomenal Ladybirds for Grown Ups series.

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These days there are rules for everything & terrible consequences for disobeying them. Find out how easy it is tie yourself in

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He's every woman's worst nightmare...

A killer is on the loose. It's up to DI Kate Burrows to stop him.





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Zachary Brannagan is a gifted young philosopher who decides he can no longer find meaning in intellectual abstraction. Following a failed suicide attempt, he embarks upon a cross-country journey that leads him to an ad hoc orphanage by a lake in the dark heart of the Louisiana wilderness. There he meets Anna Beauchamp & her charges, eleven physically & mentally impaired children. Zach & Anna are profoundly moved by one another; but the price of their love is tragedy. ...