Audiobook review: The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan, narrated by Mark Meadows

Herbert Powyss is a man of the Enlightenment, devoting his time to the study of horticulture, science and philosophy at … More

Guest post: Gordon Kerr, author of The Partisan Heart

World War II is a popular theme in fiction at the moment but I haven’t seen many books about Italy … More

I first became hooked on history when I read the Ladybird book The Story of the First Queen Elizabeth. A … More

Cuthbert of Farne is a novel based on the life of Cuthbert, the seventh-century saint, covering the key events of … More

The Wolf and the Watchman begins in Stockholm in 1793. Sweden is weakened by war and corruption. The king is … More

The Phoenix of Florence shifts tantalisingly between genres in its journey through Renaissance Tuscany. At first it seems like a … More

The Song of Hild tells the story of the seventh-century saint and abbess of Whitby. Most of the novel is … More

Here are my favourite crime novels of 2018. Tap the book link to read my full review. My first two … More

Over the last year or so I’ve binged my way through Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories (adapted for TV as The … More

Journalists make great protagonists, particularly in crime fiction. They have the skills to investigate, and we somehow grant them permission … More