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Daughters of Britannia
An authoritative and entertaining account by one of our most talented writers of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the British Empire and foreign …
Courtesans
This title focuses on the stories of five women with very different personalities and talents - Harriet Wilson, Cora Pearl, Sophia Baddeley, Elizabeth Armistead and Catherine …
Brave Hearted
The Pindar Diamond
Venice, 1604. When rumours of a rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde, the Levant Company merchant Paul …
Travels with a Mexican Circus
_______________ 'A wonderful writer … An adventure hard to beat in terms of sheer exotic allure' - Guardian 'Mexico will not have been portrayed more vividly since Graham Greene’s …
Pindar Diamond
Venice, 1604. When rumours of a rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde, the Levant Company merchant Paul …
Sultanens fange
Nåtid: Elizabeth Stavely sitter på biblioteket i Oxford, med skjelvende hender. Foran henne ligger et manuskript, 400 år gammelt. Et manus som har nøkkelen til den hemmelige …
She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen
'Sharply observed, snappily written and thoroughly researched, She Merchants provides a fabulous panorama of a largely ignored area of social history. Katie Hickman successfully …
Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives
In an absorbing mixture of poignant biography and wonderfully entertaining social history, Daughters of Britannia offers the story of diplomatic life as it has never been told …
Brave Hearted
* Women Writing the West 2023 WILLA Literary Award Creative Nonfiction Winner *“Brave Hearted is not just history, it is an incredibly intense page-turning experience. To read what …
Brave Hearted
The extraordinary, dramatic story of the women of the American west: the women who crossed the plains and the mountains in covered wagons, the indigenous women living on the land, …
Travels with a Mexican Circus
_______________'A wonderful writer An adventure hard to beat in terms of sheer exotic allure' - Guardian'Mexico will not have been portrayed more vividly since Graham Greene's …