Rebellion is in the air of London in the spring of 1663. Thomas Chaloner spy for the King's intelligence service has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin but soon realises that England's capital is no haven of peace. He is ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession. He soon learns the man is no vagrant but someone with links to the powerful Company of Barber-Surgeons. He master the Earl of Clarendon is locked in a deadly feud with the Earl of Bristol & an innocent man is about to be hanged in Newgate. Chaloner is embroiled in a desperate race against time to protect Clarendon to discover the true identity of the beggar's murderer & to save a blameless man from the executioner's noose. ...

How far will Rose go to keep a promise? The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimirs Academy was the deadliest ever in the schools history claiming the lives of many. Even worse the Strigoi took some of their victims with them
- including Dimitri. Hed rather die than be one of them & now Rose must abandon her best friend Lissa
- the one she has sworn to protect no matter what
- & keep the promise Dimitri begged her to make long ago. But with everything at stake how can she possibly destroy the person she loves most?


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Solange Drake will not claim her birthright; she will not be queen as vampire tradition dictates. But change always comes at a cost.. . Possessed by a vengeful twelfth-century witch Solange commits heinous crimes against the vampire tribes that she pledged to empower. Motives are questioned. Trust is broken. The treaty between the Drakes & the Helios-Ra is under threat. Solange must escape the folds of memory & time & fight for the fate of the royal crown
- & win. Her destiny & her heart depends on it. The deliciously dark & dramatic finale to the much-loved Drake Chronicles series.
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The discovery of an unidentified decomposed corpse in a railway wagon marks the beginning of Zen's most difficult & dangerous case. Set against the backdrop of the 3000-year-old city of Catalina in the shadow of Mount Etna Blood Rain" finds Aurelio Zen at his most desperate & driven." ...

Clones Rachel & Theo now live thousands of miles apart. They keep in touch but things just aren't the same. When Rachel discovers that evil scientist Elijah is still working in secret for a section of the government & about to murder Daniel she sets out to rescue the little boy but her plans backfire with disastrous consequences. Across the Atlantic Theo becomes suspicious when Rachel misses their weekly internet chat. He discovers a report online saying she's killed herself & travels to Scotland to find her certain that she has been kidnapped. A clue leads him to Elijah's mysterious clinic where the sinister Aphrodite Experiment is underway. But what is Elijah really planning? Why does he need to track Rachel down so badly? & will Rachel & Theo be able to pay the ultimate ransom that he demands? ...

The Battle of Towton in North Yorkshire fought during the Wars of the Roses was reputedly the bloodiest battle ever seen on English soil. In 1996 a mass grave of soldiers was discovered there by chance. This was the catalyst for a multi-disciplinary research project still unique in Britain ten years after the initial discovery which included a study of the skeletal remains the battlefield landscape the historical evidence & contemporary arms & armour. The discoveries were dramatic & moving; the individuals had clearly suffered traumatic deaths & subsequent research highlighted the often multiple wounds each individual had received before & in some cases after they had died. As well as the exciting forensic work the project also revealed much about medieval weaponry & fighting. Blood Red Roses" contains all the information about this fascinating discovery as well as discussing its wider historical heritage & archaeological implications. The second edition features new chapters by a re-enactor & a history teacher which apply the research from the initial study to produce a veritable living history." ...

Born into a life of secrets & service Chrysabelles body bears the telltale marks of a comarre
- a special race of humans bred to
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When Daily Telegraph" correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H. M. Stanley's famous expedition
- but travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal' Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack & a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike & a dugout canoe helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a campaigning pygmy he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. Butcher's journey was a remarkable feat but the story of the Congo told expertly & vividly in this book is more remarkable still."
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The UK is gripped by the threat of gang violence
- the media is building on that hysteria convincing us that knife crime is rife
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How the Wars of the Roses were won & lost by the political & dynastic skills of the royal women: this is the true story behind Philippa Gregorys dramatic novels about fiery Queens & the perils of power. After archaeologists unearthed the remains of Richard III in a Leicester carpark his pivotal era is once again ripe for valuation. The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard Duke of York Henry VI Edward IV & Henry VII. But the reality as Sarah Gristwood shows was very different. These years were also packed with womens drama &
- in the tales of conflicted marriages & monstrous births
- simmering with female politics. In this completely original retelling acclaimed author Sarah Gristwood sheds light on a neglected dimension of English history: the impact of Tudor women on the cataclysmic civil war. She examines Cecily Neville the wife of Richard Duke of York who was deprived of being queen when her husband died at the Battle of Wakefield; Elizabeth Woodville a widow with several children who married Edward IV in secret & was crowned queen consort; Margaret Beaufort mother of Henry VII whose ambitions centred on her son & whose persuasions are likely to have lead her husband Lord Stanley previously allied with the Yorkists to play his part in Henrys victory. Until now the lives of these women have remained little known to the general public. Sarah Gristwood tells their stories in detail for the first time. Captivating & original this is historical writing of the most important kind.

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