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One moment Liselotte, the Duchess of Orleans is observing the Prince of Orange consummating his marriage in thick woollen drawers and the next, Harold Nicolson is at the Savoy Grill dining with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson who is, 'bejewelled, eyebrow-plucked, virtuous and wise'. There's a young medical student watching his friend bowing to the crowd as he is hanged on the roof of Horsemonger Lane Gaol.

Then climb aboard and join Oscar Wilde in America amused at the sight of local gun slingers looting the house where outlaw Jesse James had been killed a few days earlier. Meet John Betjeman as he implores the BBC to engage the impoverished Dylan Thomas while Jane Austen demands the return of her unpublished novel. Austen Chamberlain rages at Hitler for sending a wreath emblazoned with the Swastika to be placed at the foot of the Cenotaph.

At Waterloo, women are stripping the corpses of their valuable shoes and stockings yet the Highlanders are left in mass graves with their coarse tartan socks still on. Roy Strong attending a private dinner with the Prime Minister notes that Margaret Thatcher in floaty chiffon is 'the apotheosis of the boss's wife, with the appeal of cosmeticised putty.' Even at the coronation of George IV, Queen Caroline, who is denied entry to the Abbey, is observed looking like 'a blowsy landlady'.

Glenda Jackson stars in this compelling drama series inspired by Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, highlighting different aspects of contemporary Britain. In 2015, double Oscar winner Glenda Jackson made a triumphant return to acting in Radio 4's Blood, Sex and Money, a radical reimagining of Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle. Now, she reprises her role as matriarch/narrator in this eclectic mix of dramas inspired by Zola's novels, but set in modern Britain. 

Brought to you by Penguin. **Loved THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS? Find out what happened next ...** LONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones. DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination...

In the days leading up to Christmas, struggling actress Esther Diamond is working as a singing-and-dancing elf at Fenster & Co, a major Manhattan department store. As if dealing with hordes of holiday shoppers isn't bad enough, Esther's ex-almost-boyfriend, Detective Connor Lopez, is on the scene investigating a series of mob-related truck hijackings of Fenster's merchandise. Semi-retired hitman Lucky Battistuzzi is also nosing around, since the mob resents being implicated in thefts they didn't commit. 

It’s hard to bluff when you don’t know the rules. When a dead stockbroker needs help following the breadcrumbs of his past, who does he call on? Enid Walsh, unwilling lackey of the dead. But after putting Craig the Crowbar behind bars, the last thing she expects is for Craig’s boss to show up looking for answers. A new deadly threat lurks on the horizon, forcing Enid to hatch a plan to keep herself safe, but her ghost dog runs afoul of the spirit world’s government leaders amid rising tensions.

HE KNOWS HE'S INNOCENT. SHE KNOWS HE'S A KILLER. WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? In a small town in the shadow of Mount Wellington, a woman named Ana is watching the clock, marking the days until she ends her life. The strange, reclusive daughter of the local pariah, that's how people will remember her...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. It absolutely charmed me.”—Reese Witherspoon (A Reese’s Book Club Pick) “The perfect book to get lost in . . . Josie Silver’s characters sneak their way into your heart and stay.”—Jill Santopolo...

An elegant and magisterial new biography of Her Majesty The Queen, tracing the events of a reign that now spans seven decades, and evaluating her achievement as a practitioner of monarchy across the entirety of her reign. For millions of people, both in Britain and across the world, Elizabeth II...

On holiday in the North Devon countryside, Neil Langton looks back on the wreckage of his past. He has come to believe that all happiness is behind him; the wounds from his former marriage - in which his wife cheated on him and his young daughter died - are still raw. While rock-climbing, he...

CLOUDS is a science fiction novel that reimagines first contact as a story of patient pedagogy rather than invasion. When atmospheric physicist Dr Joshua Reeves detects impossible cloud formations over the North Sea, he uncovers an alien civilisation, the Stratovari, who have concealed themselves as clouds for decades to observe humanity and determine whether we are worth saving from self-destruction.

Linny is not a powerful vampire. He doesn’t drink human blood. He avoids violence whenever possible. He bends the knee instead of breaking it. And somehow, he survives. When a supernatural catastrophe wipes out the ruling vampires of Hotel Venus, Linny is left standing—not because he is strong, but because he was never worth killing. Overnight, the weakest vampire in the house becomes its reluctant lord. Now Linny must navigate vampire politics, ancient predators, and the terrifying reality of protecting the woman he loves and the child they are about to bring into the world.

The first mainstream guide to recovery coaching—revealing the missing link between treatment and lasting sobriety, stronger connections, and holistic change. For millions of people questioning their relationship with alcohol or substances—and for loved ones who want to support...

What if the mental health symptoms we face aren’t the actual problem? What if they’re signals that can help us see and solve the real problem? As our world clashes and collapses around us, it’s no surprise that one in two of us will be diagnosed with a mental health condition by the age of...

Anxiety for Beginners offers a vivid insight into the often crippling impact of anxiety disorders, a condition that is frequently invisible, shrouded in shame and misunderstood. It serves as a guide for those who live with anxiety disorders and those who live with them by proxy. Combining her...

The Forgotten Tower is a mesmerising gothic mystery about a castle full of dark secrets and buried history, from Sunday Times top ten bestselling author Lulu Taylor. Georgie is reluctant to move when her husband inherits Wakefield Castle, but he is determined to restore its fortunes. When...

Costa Award-winning Frances Hardinge's gripping story of a young girl's daring mission through a natural world intent on her destruction. With stunning two-colour illustrations by superstar illustrator Emily Gravett on every page, this richly atmospheric book is perfect for fans of David Almond...

For fans of Sarah J. Maas and Holly Black, The Forest King's Daughter is an enemies-to-forbidden-lovers romance from the New York Times bestselling author of Frostblood. Once upon a time, a young forest princess became friends with a lonely demon boy. He gifted her a ring, a worthless trinket...

Beautiful People. Beautiful Places. Escape into the glittering world of Lilly Pulitzer and the 1960s Jet Set in this stylish novel. It’s 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal and she’s completely broke. But...