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. -
£3.99The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - - Paperback
This is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the 'Strand' magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The volume includes 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'. -
£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.
