Historical Fiction
BIC code: FGU
See also: Historical Fiction
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£9.99Elephantina: Together With Some Short Remarks ... Dundee, 1830 - - Hardback
It is April 1706. When an elephant dies, just outside of Dundee, Dr Patrick Blair attempts to make his name - and fortune - as the first man in Britain to dissect an elephant. His assistant, Gilbert Orum, meanwhile, plans a different tribute. Andrew Drummond is also the author of 'A Hand-book of Volapük'. -
£6.99The Admiral - - Paperback
This is a stirring 15th-century tale of seafaring hero Andrew Wood, loyal supporter of King James III. A humble laird from Largoshire, he is determined to avenge his father's murder by English pirates. -
£18.99After Omdurman - - Hardback
'After Omdurman' is a story of high adventure and quiet pathos; of the clash of civilisations, generations and ideologies. It is a story that resonates as much with the cataclysms of today as yesterday. -
£6.99Angels In The Gloom - - Paperback
It's March 1916, and Joseph Reavley - sent home from the army on sick leave - is finding his recovery slow and hard. But when a brilliant young scientist is found murdered, Joseph and his brother Matthew embark on a search that will solve the crime and find out who has been leaking secrets to the enemy. -
£16.99Angels In The Gloom - - Hardback
It's March 1916, and Joseph Reavley - sent home from the army on sick leave - is finding his recovery slow and hard. But when a brilliant young scientist is found murdered, Joseph and his brother Matthew embark on a search that will solve the crime and find out who has been leaking secrets to the enemy. -
£11.95Annals Of The Parish - - Paperback
The three books in this anthology made John Galt's reputation as a serious writer. These novels reflect the changing industrial and social life of Scotland in the early nineteenth century through sharp observation of Ayrshire village life. -
£8.99The Antiquary - - Paperback
The Antiquary is the third of Scott's Waverley novels, and Scott's own particular favourite. Set in Scotland at the end of the 18th century, it centres on a young man who meets Jonathan Oldbuck, the loquacious old antiquary. -
£6.99Antony - - Paperback
Massie brings his Roman Quartet to a triumphant conclusion with the story of Mark Antony, a tragi-comedy of ambition and self-indulgence, narrated partly by Mark Antony himself and partly by his Greek secretary Critias. -
£7.99Arthur & George - - Paperback
Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th century Britain - Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. As the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events which make sensational headlines at the time as The Great Wyrley Outrages. -
£6.99Arthur The King: A Romance - - Paperback
Inspired by the legend of King Arthur, Alan Massie weaves the key points of the legend - Arthur, Merlin, his lover Morgan le Fay, his wife Guinevere, the various knights, the sword Excalibur, and the round table - into this novel.