Raven: Odin's Wolves

by Giles Kristian

We lusted for an even greater prize...the one prize that can never be lost or stolen or burnt. And we would find it in Miklagard... Raven and the Wolfpack have suffered. Good men have died, treasure has been lost...

Hero of Rome

by Douglas Jackson

The Roman grip on Britain is weakening. Emperor Nero has turned his face away from this far-flung outpost. The Druids are on the rise, spreading seeds of rebellion among the British tribes...

Crippen: A Novel of Murder

by John Boyne

July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen, music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen, are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. But the Doctor and his mistress, Ethel Le Neve, have vanished, much to the frustration of Scotland Yard and the outrage of a horrified London...

Mistress of My Fate: The Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot

by Hallie Rubenhold

October 1789: I shall never forget that day. I shall never forget the decision I made. I was seventeen and so ill prepared for life that I hardly knew how to dress myself, let alone how to board a mail coach or even how to purchase a loaf of bread...

Queen of Kings

by Maria Dahvana Headley

What if Cleopatra didn’t die in 30 BC alongside her beloved Mark Antony? What if she couldn’t die? What if she became immortal? Queen of Kings is the first instalment in an epic, epoch-spanning story of one woman’s clash with the Roman Empire and the gods of Egypt in a quest to save everything she holds dear...

Blood of Honour

by James Holland

Crete, May 1941. Jack Tanner finds himself embroiled in a deadly game of survival that will test his resolve more than ever before. Not only has a new subaltern, Guy Liddell, who seems determined to make life difficult, recently arrived on the island, but Tanner has offended Alopex, a powerful Cretan kapitan who has sworn to kill him...

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Giles Kristian: Writer in Residence

Tuesday 8th May

On Saturday Giles Kristian embarked on a weeklong stay in the window of Waterstones Richmond to celebrate the launch of his epic new English Civil War trilogy. Giles was joined by a whole host of re-enactors sporting weaponry, armor and swords and spoke to members of the public, signed copies of The Bleeding Land and smiled for many a photograph from curious onlookers and press alike...

Giles Kristian - Writer in Residence

Thursday 3rd May

Giles Kristian gives a window into the life of a writer with a publishing first. Window displays are getting exciting… Transworld Publishers are delighted to announce that from 5th May 2012, historical fiction author GILES KRISTIAN will be a writer in residence in the window of Waterstones Richmond for a whole week to celebrate the launch of his epic new English Civil War trilogy. During this time he will be writing the second novel in the trilogy and will be joined by a whole host of re-enactors, weaponry and historical artifacts...

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