The Persian Boy follows Alexander's final years as seen through Bagoas, his lover. Bagoas, a youngster who was kidnapped and gelded, is sold to King ...
The term "bondmaid" was found to be absent from the Oxford English Dictionary in 1901. The girl who stole it is the subject of this tale. Esme, who ...
Agnes is a wild creature who roams the area owned by her family while carrying a falcon in her glove. She is renowned across the countryside for her ...
The Western Wind is an outstanding new book by Samantha Harvey, whose previous works have received nominations for the Man Booker Prize, the Women's ...
It is the year 1327. Brother William of Baskerville is called to an affluent Italian convent where Franciscans are thought to be practising heresy. ...
A wealthy farmer worries that deceiving his neighbours will send him to hell. His wife wants to display her pilgrim badges at church by sewing them ...
When Flora Chapman's husband perishes in an odd ballooning accident, she is in her fifties. She intends to complete the history of their hamlet that ...
