When Emily Thornton discovers a will linked with the murder of a sea captain in Hull in the 1860's, she is determined to discover what happened?but a vital witness is missing. So, Emily enlists the he
It is 1856. When three men are murdered in Cornwall, Amos Hawke, a Cornish detective working from London's Scotland Yard, is sent to investigate. He finds lodgings with one of the murdered men's wives
Destitute. Quinta Haig is struggling to make ends meet at Top Field with her ailing mother, Laura. Their small Yorkshire farm is run-down and isolated and when the only way to take their goods to mark
As a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana?the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire.?A Passage to Africa?is Alagiah's shattering catalogue of
With the forces of Austria and Russia destroyed a year earlier, Napoleon Bonaparte begins a campaign against Prussia and her armies. But, for Bonaparte, this is not merely a war of conquest, it is one
Teenage Helen and her friend Colette entertain hopes of escaping their lives in Liverpool through going to college. But Helen's family and their desire to keep her with them inhibit her, and when she
From the moment he pulled on the Liverpool shirt in 1971 to his unexpected return to the game with Fulham, Kevin Keegan has been a pivotal influence on the way football is played, managed, and perceiv
The World of Minack records the years Derek Tangye spent at Minack with his wife Jeannie before her death in 1986. It contains a selection of favorite passages, many of them chosen by readers, from 16
