Fresh from their adventures in 1599, which ended in Toulouse Cathedral with the public exposure of the murderous Drogo and his brother the Bishop, fifteen-year-old Tommy and Eloise de Narbonne, a countess from the sixteenth century, find their way back to the world of today, where a very sharp culture shock awaits Eloise. Baffled, bemused, confused and occasionally delighted by modern living, Eloise struggles to make sense of the twenty-first century only to find herself transported back t...

Before the political rupture between Russia and the West—triggered by Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the invasion of Ukraine in 2022—the Royal Navy and the Russian Navy engaged in a complex programme of military cooperation. From 1988, the Royal Navy first collaborated with the Soviet Navy, then the Russian Federation Navy, culminating in a 1998 Memorandum of Understanding on naval cooperation. This book explores that unique period, examining how both navies operated and the les...

The Fairest Star, the third instalment of the Friends & Enemies trilogy, the world of France of 1599 unfolds once more as one of ambition, love, hatred, religious war and prejudice. All these confront the central figures of the story, Tommy of the twenty-first century and Eloise of the sixteenth century. Tommy and Eloise are now both the hunters and the hunted as they blunder through the conflicts of Church and family in pursuit of the priest, Drogo, who has publicly confessed to the killi...

Momentous events await fifteen-year-old Tommy when he goes on holiday to a chateau in the south of France near Toulouse. He sees a strange picture of an unknown and beautiful young woman and is magnetically drawn to her image. Suddenly, he's 400 years back in the past, in the France of 1599. In that faraway time he finds the living likeness of the picture in the form of Eloise. They run off for a series of hair-raising adventures together, falling in love in the process. Dynastic struggles...

Families are torn apart in this dramatic Medieval thriller! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir, and Anthony Riches.England is at war—with itself!England, 1120When Henry I dies with no legitimate male heir, the nation is thrown into chaos. The two rivals for the crown are Henry's daughter Matilda and his nephew Stephen of Blois, both of whom are determined to emerge victorious. A bitter struggle ensues which threaten...

The thrilling Medieval Saga continues! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir, and Anthony Riches.When one war ends, another begins . . .England, 1154. With King Henry II taking the throne, the long civil war that has ravaged England has finally come to an end.But conflict is now coming from overseas. Henry has inherited territories over the English Channel that are being contested by King Louis VII of ...

The start of a thrilling series by popular historical fiction writer, David Field! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir, and Anthony Riches.Life in England will never be the same again . . .England, 1065: The Saxon kingdom is under threat of invasion at both ends. From the north comes Harald Hardrada of Norway intent on pillage, while across the Channel, Duke William of Normandy is about to enforce his claim to the t...

A gripping Medieval novel set in the twelfth century! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir, and Anthony Riches.Three Royal brothers. One mysterious death. Who will take the crown?England, 1110When King William Rufus of England is killed mysteriously during a hunting accident in the New Forest in 1100, his younger brother Henry, who had been present, loses no time in riding hard to claim both the Treasury and the crown...

At the most fundamental level, you are made not of particles or forces. You are made of fields.These strange, fluid-like entities stretch across the universe. What we call particles are ripples in them. What we call forces are fields responding to those ripples. Even empty space is not truly empty, but alive with restless quantum activity. This is the startling vision revealed by quantum field theory: the most successful, most fundamental and least understood framework in ...

A leading theoretical physicist takes us on a lively tour of quantum field theory, the most fundamental description we have for what makes up the universe.In Everything Is Fields, the leading theoretical physicist and Cambridge professor David Tong reveals a startling truth: that, at the most basic level, we are made not of particles or forces but of fields, fluidlike substances stretched throughout the entire universe. He takes us on an exuberant...

WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARD**'Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful' Mail on SundayDani Mosca is 40 and his father has just died.Fulfilling his father's last wishes, Dani embarks on a road trip back to his childhood village, a three-hour hearse journey from Madrid. Leaving behind the busy streets of the city for the deserted, archaic heart of ...

This deeply insightful guide to understanding what clients really want is "an indispensable resource for consultants" (Keith Ferrazzi, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Never Eat Alone).Independent consulting is a potentially lucrative enterprise—but the reality seldom matches the dream. Most solo consultants and boutique consulting firms are perpetually within six months of bankruptcy due to the sputtering unreliability of their new busines...