Historical 96

LANKA WILL BURN. DARKNESS WILL PERISH. BUT CAN LIGHT ENDURE? INDIA, 3400 BCE. Greed. Rage. Grief. Love. Smouldering tinder, waiting to trigger a war. But this war is different. This one is for Dharm……続きを見る

** A THE SUNDAY TIMES 100 BEST CRIME NOVELS AND THRILLERS SINCE 1945** **WINNER OF THE CWA SAPERE BOOKS HISTORICAL DAGGER 2020** 'Death in the East **is the best so far of an unmissable series' The ……続きを見る

A typist uncovers a man’s body from behind the sofa… As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the bo……続きを見る

Originally published in 1854,"Hard Times", the shortest of Charles Dickens’s full-length novels but one of his greatest, is set in a fictitious Victorian-England city, where facts are the rule and a……続きを見る

Willa Cather based "Death Comes for the Archbishop" on William Howlett’s account of the life of Father Macheboeuf, vicar to Archbishop Lamy of New Mexico. Set in the mid-nineteenth century, the book……続きを見る

The young wife of an aging marquis is found murdered in the arms of the Prince Regent. Around her neck lies a necklace said to have been worn by Druid priestesses-that is, until it was lost at sea w……続きを見る

'A compelling story of love and betrayal in the divided Berlin of the 1980s' Sunday Times Best Books of 2019 'A beautifully written, evocative literary thriller set in Berlin shortly before the fall……続きを見る

Istanbul, 1947. The Cold War has begun, but while spies plot and generals plan, Anglo-American expat Kiva Deeping drinks every night away in the nightclubs of Pera. Kiva has been seeking for years ……続きを見る

June 8, 1954. Alan Turing, the visionary mathematician, is found dead at his home in sleepy Wilmslow, dispatched by a poisoned apple. Taking the case, Detective Constable Leonard Corell quickly lear……続きを見る

Disease. Danger. Death. Sir Hugh Corbett returns... Hugh Corbett is takes up a life of danger yet again in Dark Serpent, the eighteenth novel in Paul Doherty's series. Perfect for fans of Susanna Gr……続きを見る

Derrière l’Opéra est un monument qui ne date guères de plus d’une quinzaine d’années et qui porte sur son fronton : HOTEL DES COMMISSAIRES-PRISEURS La principale ornementation du monument consiste……続きを見る

**The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller An immersive, historical fantasy set in 14th-century China, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a queer tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph……続きを見る

The masterpiece of the German experience during World War I, considered by many the greatest war novel of all timeーwith an Oscar–winning film adaptation now streaming on Netflix. “[Erich Maria Rema……続きを見る

**DREAM COUNT, the searing new bestselling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is out now!** THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘WINNER OF WINNERS’ One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' ‘A l……続きを見る

This is Mishima's novel about the pressure of living an idealised life. It tells a fictionalised account of real events - the lonely acolyte who destroyed a famous Kyoto temple. Mizoguchi grows up a……続きを見る

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing… Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fête, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ar……続きを見る

'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun 'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent 'No one does advent……続きを見る

A city on the brink. A murder that could ignite it. When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can officers of the Imperial Police Forc……続きを見る

**NEW FOREWORD BY JANELLE MONÁE Experience the time travel science fiction classic from the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and winner of the MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebu……続きを見る

For fans of Lisa Wingate’s Before We Were Yours and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, a deeply moving novel that follows two Korean sisters separated by World War II. Korea, 1943. Hana has lived her entire li……続きを見る

It was the green heart of the canyon, where the walls swerved back from the rigid plan and relieved their harshness of line by making a little sheltered nook and filling it to the brim with sweetnes……続きを見る

The slightest mistake could cost her life... In the summer of 314AD, dark figures lurking in the twilight of Roman society are on the prowl, and Rome is shocked by a series of gruesome murders in Pa……続きを見る

──那是最好的時代，那是最壞的時代── 英國文學泰斗狄更斯代表作！全球暢銷2億冊！ BBC****百大受歡迎圖書！ 收錄作家安徳魯·朗格5000字長文導讀 　　1757年12月，巴黎的年輕醫生曼內特，被帶往侯爵家出診，不料卻……続きを見る

Julian the Apostate was the nephew of Emperor Constantine the Great. Julian ascended to the throne in A.D. 361, at the age of twenty-nine, and was murdered four years later after an unsuccessful att……続きを見る

Liebe, skrupellose Machtgier und Angst – Willkommen in der Familie Borgia Rom, 1497. Die schöne, wohlbehütete 15-jährige Alessia Bertorelli de Salvatierra verliebt sich unsterblich in den begabten M……続きを見る

Following a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains--but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they'll have to defend it from a dark……続きを見る

A terrible power struggle threatens the very core of Britain In 1376, the Black Prince dies of a terrible sickness, closely followed by his father, King Edward III in 1377. The crown of England is l……続きを見る

THE FIRST SEBASTIAN ST. CYR MYSTERY! “The combined elements of historical fiction, romance, and mystery in this fog-enshrouded London puzzler will appeal to fans of Anne Perry.”ーBooklist It’s 1811,……続きを見る

Lily Mortimer is left in a London park in 1850, a nameless child carrying a secret she does not yet understand. Raised in the Foundling Hospital, Lily grows up under strict discipline and constant u……続きを見る

'An utterly charming 1940’s mystery. Definitely a new series addiction!' Debbie Young Westleham Village 1947. It’s the Westleham village show and with the war finally over, everyone is looking forwa……続きを見る