Eleanor de Montfort - Prijzen

Victorian Marriage

Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) was a famous historian and the first editor of the English Historical Review. His intelligence and energy made an impression upon everyone he met. Admired by Queen Victor...

Six Wives

No one in history had a more eventful career in matrimony than Henry VIII. His marriages were daring and tumultuous, and made instant legends of six very different women. In this remarkable study, Dav...

The Victim's Fortune

Two reporters from the Financial Times piece together the compelling story of the campaign on the part of a group of attorneys, politicians, and Jewish advocates to root out money looted by the Nazis...

Black and British

'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times In this vital re-examinatio...

Mind Your Manors

British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-glove perfection. Through her meticulous research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge gleaned much knowledge about how these homes...

Avisos de Flandes 18 - Protagonists of War

A new vision on the Revolt of the Low Countries through the eyes of Spanish commandersJulián Romero, Sancho Dávila, Cristóbal de Mondragón, and Francisco de Valdés were prominent Spanish military comm...

Battersea Past

Madrid

At the heart of the Castilian plateau, far from the coastal towns and ports of Spain, sits the great city of Madrid. Perched some 2,200 feet above the distant sea, it is at once the loftiest and also...

Lita

In this eagerly awaited sequel to Dead Above Ground, it has been ten years since Lita Du Champ left New Orleans with her family to make a life in Los Angeles. Issues from her hometown continue to haun...

Little Life

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance.When four graduates from...

Eggsecutive Orders

Chef Olivia Paras has too many eggs in one basket-and is feeling like a basket-case... When NSA big shot Carl Minkus dies right after eating the dinner Olivia Paras's staff had prepared, all for...

The True Power of Water

Explores the healing power of water - the curative capabilites, the capability of prayer to change water, the response of water to music and how an individual can promote the purity of rainwater.