Historisk litteratur

It is 1204, and Constantinople is being sacked and burned by the knights of the fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court …

Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers is "a huge warm saga...A deeply satisfying story written with love and confidence" (Maeve Binchy in The New York Times Book Review).The Shell …

From an award-winning author, Fingersmith is an extraordinary, ingenious tale of fraud, insanity and secretsLondon 1862. Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty …

Lust for Life is the classic fictional re-telling of the incredible life of Vincent Van Gogh.

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION ● EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST NOVEL ● A thrilling reimagining of the world of Charles Dickens, as seen through the eyes of the …

The Hazard family of Pennsylvania and the Main family of South Carolina experience five years of sacrifice, corruption, courage, brutality, friendship and passion during the Civil …

Bokens "moralske småstykker" uttrykker gjennom ironiske dialoger, burleske fortellinger og satiriske portretter en beskrivelse av livsleden som menneskets grunnholdning og egenart.

Elise föds år 1886 som det sjuttonde av arton barn i en norsk prostfamilj. När hon ser moderns söndertrasade kropp växer ilskan inom henne. Än större blir den när hennes älskade …

Kejser Hadrian skrev ikke sine erindringer. Det har derimod forfatteren Marguerite Yourcenar gjort, og med en forbavsende indfølingsevne i antikkens tankegang har hun konstrueret …

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEREXPERIENCE THE EPIC BATTLEFIELDS OF ANCIENT GREECE WITH MASTER STORYTELLER CONN IGGULDEN 'Pacy and propulsive . . . Crackling with energy, violence and …