When Dot McCann playing with her pals decides to hide in Butcher Rathbone's almost empty dustbin she..

London 1944. Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war in East London Cl..

Jersey 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets im..

April 1958. Leonard is shocked when he arrives with his mother in the port of Southampton. His fathe..

Flora Thompson was born in 1876 at Juniper Hill on the Oxfordshire/Northamptonshire border. She is b..

Many years have passed since the dramatic events of Pride and Prejudice. In The Cousins of Pemberley..

Berlin 1936. The Landau family are at the heart of their community running a music shop in Berlin an..

From the shattered empire five kingdoms are emerging. Seleukos triumphant in the capture of Babylon ..

1804. Napoleon Bonaparte is Emperor of France his ultimate aim: to rule Europe. After defeat at the ..

Eastern Britain 60 CE. Once proud and free the Iceni tribe now pay tribute to the Romans and are rul..

England 1238. Raised at the court of King Henry III as a chamber lady to the queen young Joanna of S..

Berlin 1948. World War II has ended and there is supposed to be peace but Russian troops have closed..

1809. Viscount Wellington and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte both believe their armies are strong enough..

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Bloomsbury Books has resisted change for a hundred years run by men and guided by the general manage..