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小泉八雲とセツ。2人の奇跡の出会いが、異文化を乗り越え、『怪談』を生みだした。
ギリシア生まれのジャーナリスト、ラフカディオ・ハーンと上士の血を引くセツ。2人の宿縁の出会いと文学作品に結実するまでをドラマチックに描く。

芝永井町で鳩尾を一突きされた骸が見つかった。手口からヤクザ者の仕業と断定されたものの身元が割れず苛立つ南町奉行所の面々。しかし吉原命の放蕩同心、八巻卯之吉は持ち前の好奇心と洞察力で骸の正体を見破る。

Cal may only be twelve years old, but his father has threatened to throw him onto the streets if he doesn’t start earning his keep. Keen to prove himself, he unearths an opportunity through stealthy eavesdropping. Two gentlemen need help transporting an unnamed cargo across the Firth of Forth, no questions asked. Cal is happy to secure the job, but soon discovers that holding up his end will entangle him in a ruthless underworld of thievery, smuggling and body snatchers.

「辣腕同心」の勇名とは裏腹に、連夜の大酒宴に興じる八卷卯之吉。その正体がバレぬよう健気に尽くすダメ幇間の銀八だったが、下総から出てきた伯父金五郎の百姓踊りにまでお株を奪われる始末。

御手伝普請の分担金を無事納め、改易は免れたものの、再び内証が厳しくなった高岡藩井上家。

安政二年。江戸の大地震からふた月が過ぎ、品川宿の宿屋「紅屋」もようやく落ち着きを取り戻しつつある。台所付きの女中見習い・おやすは、正式に女中となれる日を夢見つつ、充実した毎日を送っていた。

大岡裁きで勇名を馳せた大岡越前は還暦を迎え、江戸町奉行（南御番所）から寺社奉行に転出していた。閑職ではないものの、大岡は事あるごとに江戸町奉行職の記録を捲って振り返る。

On a bus moving across a rural landscape, from town to dusty town, two young people are escaping with their lives. She has committed a crime for which there will be retribution. He is staggering from a sudden loss. These two will find each other and attempt a new way forward. But the talons of the past have dug deep, and the wounds have not yet healed. Moving back and forth in time, from the fragile bonds of this new relationship to the lives they lived before, The Ones We Loved tenderly weaves both myth and memory.

将軍の毒味役｢鬼役｣を務める矢背蔵人介。将軍を誹謗する落首を書いたとして、知己の奥医師が切腹を申し付けられた。冤罪を晴らさんと動く蔵人介の前に立ちはだかったのは「甲賀五人之者」と呼ばれる手練たち。

It is 1901, and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall dead. New York politico, gambler, womaniser - Hall is all these things, but when the press break the news of his death to the world, they reveal a side to his identity he never wanted known, a secret no one could have guessed. One journalist is determined to uncover the truth of Hall's past, but his search leads him down winding alleys of fact and fiction. From humble beginnings in Glasgow's tenements to a life spent rubbing up against New York's political elite, Murray Hall is the definition of a self-made man.

This is a story of philosophy, identity, and the powerful grip of travel, written by an iconic American author at the height of his fame, after spending ten days in France searching for his French heritage. Was the satori handed to him by a taxi driver, a waiter, a monsieur with a dazzlingly beautiful secretary, or while feeling fearful in the foggy streets at 3:00 a.m.? Or was it when hearing a requiem by Mozart in an old church, seeing trees in the Tuileries Garden, or while walking on a bridge over the River Seine?

日本国存亡の危機に真の英雄現わる！かつてなき国難に立ち向かった実在の貴族の闘い！

「どんなことがあっても貴女（おまえ）を護る」友はなぜ不遇の死を遂げたのか。涙が止まらない、二人の絆、そして友情。

When Parker loses his faith and drops out of the seminary, he finds himself back in London and looking for work. Unable to find anything more respectable, he accepts an offer to work as amanuensis to a man of dubious character called Robinson. Robinson lives in a big house in Kilburn where he earns a living as a collector of historical objects. He specialises in Russian Icons, old newspapers and other items of more dubious provenance.

Alexandra Prince is clever, outspoken, and, yes, perhaps a bit impulsive. Yet she’s always been overshadowed by her siblings. While they are off on adventurous expeditions, she’s the one left to keep the family’s antique shop going while she works on a book about lady pirates—and longs for an adventure of her own. When she overhears a group of suspicious customers whispering about a plan to steal the Crown Jewels, she knows it’s her opportunity to shine. But she needs a little help.

お夏が再会したその男は、親に捨てられ泥棒稼業に身をやつした過去の持ち主だった。一時期はまっとうな道を歩もうとした彼だが、世間の風は容赦ない。「生まれてこなければよかった」。

Lucio Falerio ha muerto y todo el Imperio llora por el fallecimiento de su mejor senador. Pero no hay tiempo para el duelo: su hijo, Marcelo, tendrá que seguir con el legado que ha heredado para evitar la corrupción de la República, y cumplir con la palabra que dio su padre a los esclavos sicilianos. Con las intrigas políticas a su espalda y la amenaza de los Celtas ante él, Marcelo se adentrará en un camino complicado y sangriento. Mientras, Aquila seguirá inmerso en una búsqueda de identidad que lo llevará hasta los límites del Imperio.

Una novela épica que abre la trilogía de La República. Los dos protagonistas, Aulo Cornelio y Lucio Falerio, son dos jóvenes patricios que tendrán que luchar y vivir para desafiar su funesto destino. Ambos tendrán un papel importante en el futuro que le depara a la República romana: un final lleno de sangre y traición. Los pilares de Roma es novela cargada de acción, amistad y brutalidad que trasladará a los lectores a la antigua Roma.

浅草門前町の両替商・分銅屋仁左衛門に用心棒として雇われた浪人・諫山左馬介は、剣の腕はさほど立たぬも、鉄扇の扱いには長けていた。変わらぬ真面目さと謙虚さで雑用も厭わずよく働く左馬介を、ある日つけ狙う者が現れる。刺客を差し向けたのは、分銅屋を蹴落とそうとする札差の加賀屋。

御用金を着服して公領の大水を引かせ、世間を驚嘆させた放蕩同心、八巻卯之吉がついに江戸に戻ってきた。