A full-cast adaptation of Isabel Colegate's acclaimed novel, one of the inspirations behind Downton AbbeyThis captivating drama, narrated by Academy Award winner Olivia Colman (The Crown, Broadchurch, Wonka), is an exquisite elegy for a vanished world. Funny, compassionate and quietly devastating, it captures the final days of Edwardian England with extraordinary precision, on the cusp of irrevocable change....

'Just the right mixture of doomed fun, melancholy and faintly lascivious despair' Observer'I am afraid I have something to tell you. It is that we are all about to be destroyed.'The old standards are going. There is bitterness in politics, talk of civil war in Ireland.But all this means little to Cynthia Weston, attractive wife of cabinet member Aylmer Weston, and her nephew by marriage Philip. They are ca...

The glittering, sharp and sinister work of one of our most incisive and wickedly funny satirists; 'Isabel Colegate has no rival' (The Times)'What we feel for each other is really a passion for power,' said Judith. 'We want to destroy each other by making the other fall in love with us.'Judith Lane, not-quite-beautiful but charmingly serious, is the young widow of the war hero Anthony Lane, and an editor at the successful if rather rakish p...

'Threads of romance, social comment, country lore and intrigue both above and below stairs are cunningly worked together to create a brilliant tapestry' Sunday TelegraphIt is 1913 - a breath away from the Great War - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. An assorted group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving assuredly through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they ar...

The masterpiece of one of the most important and overlooked British women writers of the twentieth century, with a new introduction by Melissa Harrison; 'Isabel Colegate has no rival' (The Times)'If you are curious as to why Britain is still ruled by a tiny cadre of not-very-introspective aristo-capitalists, Orlando King is essential reading' Sunday Times'Colegate's sharp-eyed trilogy about a young man on ...

A leisurely weekend among the British gentry reveals the cracks in their upper-class society in this "beautifully crafted" historical fiction novel set in pre-WWI England (Washington Post).It is the autumn of 1913. Sir Randolph Nettleby has assembled a brilliant array of guests at his Oxfordshire estate for the biggest hunt of the season. An army of gamekeepers, beaters, and servants has rehearsed the intricate age–old rit...

Bloomsbury presents The Blackmailer by Isabel Colegate, read by Antonia BeamishThe glittering, sharp and sinister work of one of our most incisive and wickedly funny satirists; 'Isabel Colegate has no rival' (The Times)'What we feel for each other is really a passion for power,' said Judith. 'We want to destroy each other by making the other fall in love with us.'Judith Lane, not-quite-beautiful but charmingly serious, is ...

Bloomsbury presents Orlando King by Isabel Colegate, read by Antonia Beamish.The masterpiece of one of the most important and overlooked British women writers of the twentieth century, with a new introduction by Melissa Harrison; 'Isabel Colegate has no rival' (The Times)'If you are curious as to why Britain is still ruled by a tiny cadre of not-very-introspective aristo-capitalists, Orlando King is essential reading’ Sunday Times‘Colegate’s sharp-eyed trilogy about...

Bloomsbury presents Statues in a Garden by Isabel Colegate, read by Kristin Atherton.‘Just the right mixture of doomed fun, melancholy and faintly lascivious despair’ Observer‘I am afraid I have something to tell you. It is that we are all about to be destroyed.’The old standards are going. There is bitterness in politics, talk of civil war in Ireland.But all this means little to Cynthia Weston, attractive wife of cabinet member Ayl...

THE NEWER WORLD - THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DAYS WITHOUT END - IS AVAILABLE NOWSHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERTWICE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEARA FINANCIAL TIMES, TIMES, AND IRISH TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A...

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023A Reese's Bookclub December Pick (2022)An Instant Sunday Times, New York Times and Irish Times Bestseller (August 2022)A Guardian and LitHub Book of the Year (December 2022)'Every bit as evocative and spellbinding as Hamnet. O'Farrell, thank God, just seems to be getting better and better'

WINNER OF THE WRITERS’ PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024TAKE FLIGHT WITH THE IRRESISTIBLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER‘A magnificent novel’ SALLY ROONEYNell is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell’s leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. Over them both falls...