A History of the World

Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey Andrew Marr revisits some of the traditional epic stories, from classical Greece and Rome to the rise of Napoleon, but surrounds them with less familiar material, from Peru to the Ukraine, China to the Caribbean. He looks at cultures that have failed and vanished, as well...

Rise of the Wolf
(The Forest Lord Book 3)

Sir Guy of Gisbourne is back!

Bent on vengeance against Robin Hood and with a turncoat new lieutenant in tow, an unlikely new hero must stand up for herself...

Sparrow Squadron
(Aelita's War Book 1)

June 1941. World War II. Escaping her hometown ahead of the German invasion, 16-year-old Russian flying prodigy Aelya Makarova fights back the best way she can: at the controls of a fighter plane. With the world's first women's fighter squadron, she dogfights enemy aces in the deadly skies over Stalingrad. But the Nazis aren't the only foes she needs to face. Inspired by true events.

D for Daisy
(The Daisy Hayes Trilogy Book 1)

World War II. During the attacks on Berlin in the winter of 1943-44, a Lancaster bomber landed at its base in England after an "op", and a member of the crew was found dead. His young wife soon came to the conclusion that this man had been murdered. But Daisy Hayes was blind since birth, so who was going to listen to her? In the mayhem of the bombing campaign, who even cared? That was why she needed to go out and find the murderer on her own.

The Lover's Portrait
(Zelda Richardson Mystery Series Book 1)

A portrait holds the key to recovering a cache of looted artwork, secreted away during World War II, in this captivating historical art thriller set in the 1940s and present-day Amsterdam.

When a Dutch art dealer hides the stock from his gallery—rather than turn it over to his Nazi blackmailer—he pays with his life, leaving a treasure trove of modern masterpieces buried somewhere in Amsterdam, presumably lost forever. That is...

Two Brothers

Berlin 1920Two babies are born.Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood.As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice....Which one of them will survive?Ben Elton's most personal novel to date,Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.

The Book Thief

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to...

The Spitfire Girls

Three skilled aviators determined to help win the war. Three brave women who know their place is not at home.

At the height of World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary need help. A group of young women volunteer for action, but the perils of their new job don’t end on the tarmac. Things are tough in the air, but on the ground their abilities as pilots are constantly questioned.

There is friction from the start...

The Munich Girl

Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father's war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun.

Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler's mistress were friends.

The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna's.

Plunged into the world of the “ordinary' Munich girl who was...

Windrush
(Jack Windrush Book 1)

Burmese War, 1852. Unable to join the famous Royal Malverns, Jack Windrush is commissioned into the despised 113th Foot.

Determined to rise in the ranks by making a name for himself, he is sent with a small detachment of the 113th to join the British expedition. After they get involved in the attack of Rangoon, Jack realizes that war on the fringes of the Empire is not as honorable and glorious as he expected.

After a chance...