Two trilogies reach two thrilling conclusions; a veteran naturalist walks the length of England in search of Spring; some of our best nature writers report from Britain’s threatened peat bogs; Jenny Uglow spends a year with my favourite writer; Mick Herron brilliantly does what he does so brilliantly – but I think I’ll spend Christmas night reading about Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland, and possibly the worst monarch in European history.
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A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of 18th-century Poland and Saxony, and his catastrophic reign.From the acclaimed author of The Pursuit of Glory and Frederick the Great, a riotous biography of the charismatic…
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'Bloody and beguiling' THE TIMES'A salty, action-packed saga' MAIL ON SUNDAYTHE GREATEST FIGHTERS HAVE EVERYTHING TO LOSE1350Three years on from the Siege of Calais:The Black Death has wreaked havoc in Europe.The Castilians are…
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From one of the most enquiring and celebrated biographers – a glimpse into the life and mind of a pioneering naturalist.‘Uglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts.’ GUARDIAN‘Few can match Uglow’s skill…
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A veteran nature writer walks the length of Britain in pursuit of spring, and of hopeFed up with bleak headlines of biodiversity loss, acclaimed nature writer Roger Morgan-Grenville sets out on a 1,000-mile walk through a British spring to…
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'Mick Herron is our best and most topical spy writer' Ian Rankin'Britain's finest living thriller writer' Sunday Express'The man is a genius' The Spectator----Spies lie. They betray. It's what they do.Slow horse River…
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Two men, decades apart, are ensnared in the deadly search for a fabled treasure in the conclusion to Lavie Tidhar's epic and audacious Maror Trilogy.1882, JerusalemThe foreigner. A man with no name, twin guns at his hips, a wide-brimmed hat…
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Although 80 per cent of Britain’s bogs and peatlands have been drained, stripped or irreversibly damaged over the last 200 years, they still contain more carbon than all the forests in UK, France and Germany combined. Often viewed as…
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In July 1857, Angus MacPhee bludgeoned to death his parents and aunt on the Hebridean island of Benbecula. Five years later, Angus's brother Malcolm recounts the events leading up to the murders while trying to keep a grip on his own…
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