Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war.

Aged twelve, Sira Quiroga was apprenticed to a Madrid dressmaker. As she masters the...

It begins and ends with a sacrifice...

It was a time of brutal tyranny and occupation. Young men and women took to the streets...

2013's most talked about debut comes out in paperback

Meet the Sais, a Nigerian-Ghanaian family living in the United States. A...

Jeremy Paxman's history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series

The influence of the British...

Parris... , Bryson...

Matthew Parris's Parting Shots is a treasure trove of wit, venom and serious analysis.

Up till 2006 a British Ambassador...

1864: Following the untimely death of her cold-hearted husband, Beatrix and her three children are finally free. While Ambrose...

In March 2020, Kate Garraway's husband, Derek Draper, contracted Covid-19 and was placed in a medically-induced coma. Initially,...

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The young Walter Miller was a product of his time. Growing up Black in the Jim Crow American South, he was in trouble with the...

Manchester, 1867

Mara longs for a peaceful life free of violence and poverty. But she has married into the O'Hara family, who...

'We'll always be together, won't we?'

Childhood friends and cousins Leo and Alice had imagined their whole lives playing out...

The world leading expert reveals his extraordinary exploration of stories of near-death experiences and what they tell us about...

Norway AD 785. Sigurd Haraldarson has proved himself a great warrior . . . and a dangerous enemy.

And yet the oath-breaker...

1984 - and it's an important time for the children of Ragley-on-the Forest school... Their school choir is to sing a carol in a...

Some called them wolves of the sea. Others simply called them vikings.

For two years Osric has lived a simple life, though he...

A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet...

Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books.

Charlie is an editor with a gift for...

Dillibe was the second black boy to study at Eton - joining in 1965 - and the first to complete his education there. Written at...

Travelling over from Jamaica as a teenager, Barbara's journey is remarkable. She finds her footing in TV, and blossoms. Covering...

When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the...

When a shameless rugby legend and a distinguished grey lady get together sparks are bound to fly.
And when that legend is South...

12 summers ago: Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each other, and are pretty confident they'll never speak again.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel...

A girl covered in blood. Her missing stepfather. Two detectives racing against time.

Laura is her team's top interviewer, an...

Artist, Hassie Days, and her sister, Margot, buy a run down Jacobean house in Hope Wenlock on the Welsh Marches. While Margot...

Jungle tells the remarkable story of the world's tropical forests, from the arrival of the first plants millions of years ago to...

Birdy just got her dream job.
The problem is, it's not hers.

Have you ever imagined running away from your life?

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A shocking expose: the inside story behind the fall of the most powerful man in Irish sport

Over the course of fifteen years,...

Cleo writes about love stories every day. She just isn't living one of her own.

When the editor of her dating column asks her...

Rathmoye, Ireland, in the middle of the last century, and into town comes a stranger on the day of Eileen Connulty's funeral....

From the day that Sheba Hart joins the staff at St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a...