Power is shifting. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, James waiting to become King. Everywhere, there is opportunity to ascend. But who will thrive, and who will fail, under the new King? Will it be the scholar Francis Bacon, whose brilliant mind is the envy of the royal court? Or his hated rival the attorney Edward Coke, already acclaimed as the greatest lawyer of his generation? The Winding Stair tells the gripping story of these two founders of our modern world and their battle for power, pre-...

One missing passenger. One dead body. Is it murder on the Cornish train?It is a dark and stormy night when Jeff boards the Cornish sleeper train at Paddington station.As they make their way down the dark British coast, waves crash over the carriages and the wheels rattle in the gale.Arriving in Cornwall the next morning, Jeff discovers one passenger has vanished into thin air.The next day, another is found dead on a ...

An action-packed, epic historical adventure! Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden ⚔️'Classic Jecks — and that's as good as it gets!' SUSANNA GREGORY ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1346. Calais. Berenger Fripper and the men of his Vintaine are stationed near the ancient port, a French city under English siege. They are here to capture the city and use it as a staging-post for future incursions into France.But with the French army and Genoese mercena...

"If Carolus Deene catches so much as a whiff of murder he will be on the scent with all the persistence and gusto of a dachshund in search of truffles." While Senior History Master of Queen's School, Newminster, Carolus Deene has a troubling hobby as a criminologist and sometime sleuth. Even more troublingly, he has jaundice. But with the papers shouting of the crimewave sweeping the seaside resorts of England, sending him to the coast to recover is too risky for the Headmaster – he will b...

The BRAND NEW action-packed, epic historical adventure from Michael JecksOnce they'd had enough of war... Now they've had enough of peace1359, Northern France. With the ink still drying on the Treaty of Bretigny, an agreement most believed to be nothing more than a stalemate between King Edward III of England and John II of France, the country is left riddled with both English and French armies – exhausted, adrift and directionless.An atmosphere ripe for ...

The BRAND NEW gripping instalment in the stunning Vintaine series by Michael Jecks. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden 'Grim realism, stark brutality and flawed characters. Right up my street!' Anthony Riches ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⚔️ Beware the red and blue hoods - the signs of revolution ⚔️1358, Northern France. In a land ravaged by war, King John II is the prisoner of the King of England. His son, the teenaged Da...

This audiobook narrated by John Telfer gives the definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (1332–1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he should ...

Epic historical adventure from bestselling author Michael Jecks! Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden 'Compellingly brought to life - both bloody reality and glorious courage"' - JULIAN STOCKWINFrance, 1356. Ten years have passed since the battle of Crécy, and the English fighters are still abroad, laying siege to cities, towns and villages. Meanwhile the Prince of Wales raids across the continent to draw King John into a battle for ...

London, 1921. Lord Johnny Fairfax has been found dead in his study, along with a second victim, a mysterious American who arrived unannounced the previous evening. For DCI Paul Stark, the case is personal: he's in a relationship with Lord Fairfax's former wife, Lady Amelia. The dead man had no shortage of enemies. Winston Churchill, his former colleague at the War Office, is convinced the murder is revenge for the disaster at Gallipoli. Lady Amelia herself is accused of the crime. And who ...

In one of the first novels in the English language, we follow the picaresque adventures of Joseph Andrews, a virtuous young man who is keen to maintain his innocence, despite being coerced into bed by nearly every woman he encounters. The episodic journey sees him head home to London with his tutor, Parson Adams, with the aim of finding his sweetheart, Fanny. Much mayhem ensues along the way as they become embroiled in a series of escapades and slapstick brawls. Fielding is an expert satir...

For countless generations the sword had been kept hidden, ready for a time of need. But not hidden well enough, because in 1937 it vanished... 1941 - twelve SS generals gather to call on the spirits of Europe's mightiest warriors to aid them in the coming battle in the East. At the heart of the ritual is Excalibur, the mythical weapon pulled from a stone by King Arthur. 2010 - Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair laughs when he reads the codex to a German war veteran's will, the strange ri...

Hugh Everton was intent on nothing more than quietly drinking in the second-rate hotel he found himself in on England's south coast - and then in walked his old flame Lucy and her new husband and ex-Judge, Gregory Bath. Entreated by Lucy to join her party for an evening back at the Bath residence, Hugh is powerless to resist, but when the night ends with the judge's inexplicable murder he is pitched back into a world of chaos and crime - a world he had tried to escape for good. First publi...