Volume 25 of 1650–1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era investigates the local textures that make up the whole cloth of the Enlightenment. Ranging from China to Cheltenham and from Spinoza to civil insurrection, volume 25 celebrates the emergence of long-eighteenth-century culture from particularities and prodigies. Unfurling in the folds of this volume is a special feature on playwright, critic, and literary theorist John Dennis. Edited by Claude Willan, ...

A murder. A world in crisis. Britain's greatest spy . . .'BRILLIANT' Richard OsmanIt is M's funeral. One man is missing from the graveside: the traitor who pulled the trigger and who is now in custody, accused of M's murder - James Bond.Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use Bond on a perilous mission that will change the balance of world power. He is smuggled into the lion's den - but whose orders is B...

I'm not a decent man.I'm not someone my mother would be proud to have given her life for. I've killed. Maimed. Hurt people far beyond the scope of what the human mind can imagine. Because that's what I was told I was. Destruction. And that's all I was good for. That's all I want to do right now.Breaker is a complicated man with many dark secrets. He's the breaker of rules, of codes, of men... He's also the only one who dares to defy Fallon, the powerful man...

Four masked men. Two best friends. One night."Kitten, we're always on the hunt... And you're our prey."Delilah has always played it safe. Not that it was her choice. Her father, a formidable figure and power-hungry businessman, always seems to cast a long shadow over her decisions. No matter what she does, Delilah can never seem to escape her father's control.When Delilah's best friend Cora drags her out of her house to attend a costume party, she d...

"It’s almost uncanny how well Mr. Horowitz summons Bond’s mindset . . . Yet this Bond also feels the winds of change: 'He had his licence to kill. But was it possible that in this new, more questioning age, that licence might have expired?' A drop of retro pleasures, a pinch of things to come; shaken, not stirred." — Wall Street JournalInternationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s third James Bond novel, after Forever a...

"Horowitz delivers an entertainment sure to please James Bond fans.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review)"The heart of any good thriller is the plot, and…Horowitz doesn’t disappoint.”— New York Times Book ReviewBlockbuster author Anthony Horowitz delivers a riveting and stylish take on literary legend James Bond (authorized by the Ian Fleming Estate) with a story that unfolds in the 1950s—and is the fi...

Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back.The Soviet counter-intel...

Every legend has an origin. This is Bond’s.A British agent floats in the waters of the French Riviera, murdered by an unknown hand.Determined to uncover the truth, James Bond enters a world of fast cars, grand casinos and luxury yachts. But beneath the glamour, he soon encounters a dangerous network of organised crime.It’s time for Bond to earn his licence to kill. He must find those responsible and unravel their devastating plan – before he becomes...

They are ours to do with as we please.Those are our direct orders: to make her, them, ours. And by the time we're done with them, they'll do anything and everything we ask.In twenty-four hours, Delilah's life took an unexpected turn. When she and her best friend Cora decided to have a night of fun with four hot masked men, they never expected what would come next.Now? The two women wake to everyone's worst nightmare. They're being held captive by th...

Ein Spion ist tot. Eine Legende ist geboren. Normalerweise behält das Meer seine Geheimnisse für sich. Doch dieses Mal nicht. Eine Leiche. Drei Kugeln. 007 treibt in den Gewässern von Marseille, getötet von unbekannter Hand. Es ist an der Zeit, dass ein neuer Agent an seine Stelle tritt. Zeit für eine neue Waffe im Kampf gegen das organisierte Verbrechen. Zeit für James Bond, sich seine Lizenz zum Töten zu verdienen. Dies ist die Geschichte der Geburt einer Legende in der brutalen Unterwel...

A spy is dead. A legend is born. This is how it all began.The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz, Forever and a Day is the story of the birth of a legend in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera that takes the reader to the very beginning of James Bond’s illustrious career and the formation of his identity.M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. “We have no choice...

Brought to you by Penguin.M's funeral.One man missing from the graveside.The traitor accused of his murder.Bond.Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use the British spy in an operation that will change the balance of world power. Bond is smuggled into the lion's den - but whose orders is he following, and will he obey them when the moment of ...