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Brought to you by Penguin. Paris, 1866. When Baroness Sylvie Devereux receives a house-call from Charlotte Mothe, the sister she disowned, she fears her shady past as a spirit medium has caught up with her. But with their father ill and Charlotte unable to pay his bills, Sylvie is persuaded into...

'A riveting and remarkable retelling of a true story.' - SARA SHERIDAN 'A very enjoyable novel, one that can give pleasure and invite speculation at the same time.' - THE SCOTSMAN 'His remarkable life story has, for the first time, been pieced together from myriad contemporary newspaper reports...

Oliver Twist meets The Crimson Petal and the White in this devilishly funny, emotionally charged tale of finding a new path in life after a great fall. William Dempsey rose from a life of thieving and prostitution to be the personal plaything of the Marquess of Argyll. Then a betrayal sees him returned to the rough streets of London without patronage, his West End apartment, or a place among the ton.

Sunday Times Novel of the Year Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize A magnificent, century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth, and a family mystery, across generations. In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a charismatic young poet...

A queer historical romantic suspense novel about a young engineer working for Gustave Eiffel caught in a web of deceit that could destroy both him and the famous tower. Fin Tighe is clinging to respectability by his nail-bitten fingers. He may be the illegitimate son of an English earl, but he...

Nos últimos dias da Guerra Civil Americana, os irmãos Prentiss e Landry – libertos pela Proclamação de Emancipação – buscam refúgio na propriedade de George Walker e de sua esposa, Isabelle. Os Walkers, arruinados pela perda de seu único filho na guerra, contratam os irmãos para trabalhar em sua fazenda, esperando que essa amizade inesperada estanque a dor de seu luto. Já Prentiss e Landry planejam economizar dinheiro para viajar ao norte, em busca de uma chance de se reunirem com a mãe, vendida quando eram meninos.

Intrigen, Machtkämpfe und große Gefühle im Koblenz des 14. Jahrhunderts. Eine verbotene Liebe, die nur heimlich gelebt werden kann – Palmiro weiß, wie gefährlich das ist, und doch zerreißt es ihm das Herz, als der Mensch, mit dem er sein Leben verbringen möchte, Koblenz verlässt. Um sich abzulenken, stürzt er sich in sein noch junges Geschäft, den Handel mit kostbaren Pelzen und wertvollem Geschmeide, und wird immer mehr zum angesehenen und erfolgreichen Geschäftsmann. Doch Palmiro ahnt nicht, dass auch dieser Erfolg bedroht ist.

Orlando: A Biography is a groundbreaking English novel by Virginia Woolf that explores English history, gender roles, and sexual politics in a way few books have before or since. Inspired by the life of Woolf's friend and lover Vita Sackville-West—herself an accomplished poet and novelist—the story follows the life of an aristocratic nobleman who changes from man to woman and goes on to live for centuries, meeting all of the most influential and powerful figures in English history.

It is 1903 in the English countryside when Robbie, a shy young art student, meets the twenty-nine-year-old Anton who is running from memories of his brutal childhood and failed marriage. Within months, they begin a love affair that will never let them go. Robbie grows into an accomplished portraitist in the vivid London art world with the help of Anton's enchanting former wife, while Anton turns from his inherited wealth and connections to improve the conditions of the poor.

“A heart-wrenching story of love, family, and spirituality.” —People Magazine From the New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England. Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century...

Die mitreißende Saga über die Frauen von Bloomsbury. Hogarth House bei London, 1922. Virginia und ihr Mann Leonard Woolf haben einen Verlag gegründet, mit dem sie erste Erfolge feiern, und auch mit ihrem Schreiben findet Virginia immer mehr Anerkennung. Dann lernt sie die so glamouröse wie abenteuerliche Schriftstellerin Vita Sackville-West kennen, die für ihre einzigartige Gartenkunst bekannt ist. Für Virginia ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick, während Vita sich von Virginias kritischem Intellekt zunächst infrage gestellt fühlt.

A novel based on the true story of Australian jockey Bill Smith – a life lived in secret. For most of his 76 years, Bill Smith preferred solitude over socialising, horses over people and confidentiality over confidantes. As a jockey, he was known for always turning up already fully kitted out...

Bloomsbury presents The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng, read by David Oakes and Louise-Mai Newberry. LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER, NPR, SLATE, THE FINANCIAL...

The heartbreaking story of the love of two women – Anne Lister, the real-life inspiration behind Gentleman Jack, and her first love, Eliza Raine – from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder. 'A rich and spellbinding 19th-century story of forbidden love' – The Independent 'Donoghue...

1979. President Carter was in the White House. Three Mile Island. Odd-even gas rationing. Pink Floyd released “The Wall.” The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister of the UK. The Iran Hostage Crisis. And disco…lots of disco.

T.S. Eliot is a hollow man trapped in a dreary world. He works at a bank, a slave to the clock, the same routine, day after day. While London’s elite enjoy a Great Gatsby lifestyle and poets like Robert Frost are rock stars, attracting thousands of fans to each reading, Mr. Eliot walks past life, peering at it through cracks or around corners. Only in his imagination does the world drip with color. Then one day he comes across Jack, an out and proud gay man being badly beaten, and something compels him to intervene. Life will never be the same.

She was a stuntwoman in Hollywood during the Golden Age of Motion Pictures, a time when stuntwomen were few and far between. She doubled for some of the industry’s most famous leading ladies, appeared in some of the most popular films, and broke ground for women in entertainment. She supported causes, made a difference, and left her mark in arenas other than just show business.

Worn out by poverty, Lettie Radley and her miner husband Tommy grasp at the offer of their very own smallholding - part of a Government scheme to put the unemployed back to work on the land. When she comes down to Essex to join him, it's not Tommy who greets her, but their new neighbours. Overbearing and unkempt, Jean and Adam Dell are everything that Lettie can't abide. But as Lettie settles in, she finds an unexpected joy in the rhythms of life. She's hopeful that her past, and the terrible secret Tommy has come to Foxash to escape, are far behind them. But the Dells have their own secrets.

How far would you travel for love? Intelligent but isolated recent physics graduate Annie Fisk feels an undeniable pull toward space. Her childhood memories dimmed by loss, she has left behind her home, her family, and her first love in pursuit of intellectual fulfillment. When she finally lands...

American Jane Dawson is in search of balance in her life—because she falls on her face—a lot. Now, surrounded by thousands of acres of sheep-poop and social landmines, her romantic sheepdog hero, Moss, stands by her side, looking handsome and dignified while his luxurious hair is swept by unseen winds—until he eats the sheep-poop, that is. Full of history, mythology and legend, there is more to the odd little town than its idyllic sheep-filled pastures. A