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Prayer in Time of War

Prayer in Time of War
  • Author(s): David Clensy
  • Location(s): Italy, Merseyside
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s and 1990s

By the winter of 1943, the city of Naples has become nothing short of a hell on Earth. Food, happiness and hope are scarce; poverty, misery and desolation are plentiful. Prayer in Time of War tells a story of...

Precious Bane

Precious Bane
  • Author(s): Mary Webb
  • Location(s): Shropshire
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th century

Born at the time of Waterloo in the wild country of Shropshire, Prudence Sarn is a wild, passionate girl, cursed with a hare lip — her ‘precious bane’. Cursed for it, too, by the superstitious people amongst whom she...

Precipice

Precipice
  • Author(s): Robert Harris
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1914

‘A master storyteller’ Observer Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more...

prettycitylondon: Discovering London’s Beautiful Places

prettycitylondon: Discovering London’s Beautiful Places
  • Author(s): Siobhan Ferguson
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Photography, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 21st century

Go beyond London’s famous landmarks and discover the hidden gems. From secluded mews and undiscovered cafes to flower markets and tree-lined streets, prettycitylondon champions the quiet, gentle moments that allow you to escape in a huge capital city like...

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice
  • Author(s): Jane Austen
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 1800s

Considering Jane Austen was in her early 20s when she wrote, she has a gift for sumptuous story telling and insight of human relations and mores and manners in Hertfordshire.

Princes Gate

Princes Gate
  • Author(s): Mark Ellis
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): WW2 1940

‘A historically astute, skilfully developed crime drama.’ Kirkus Reviews When a brilliant emigré scientist is killed by a hit-and-run driver and the body of a female employee of the American Embassy is washed up in the Thames, DCI Frank...

Princess BMX

Princess BMX
  • Author(s): Marie Basting
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Enchanted meets BMX in this hilarious, spellbinding adventure! Trust me, the fairy tales have it so wrong. Dingy towers and wicked step-mums are the least of my worries: it’s the boredom that will kill me. Honestly, apart from the...

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
  • Author(s): Sufiya Ahmed
  • Location(s): India, England
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 19th century

My Story: Princess Sophia Duleep Singh – the thrilling story of the princess and suffragette. Born in Britain to Indian and Egyptian parents, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was a prominent suffragette and campaigned for the women’s right to vote.

Prisoner 4374

Prisoner 4374
  • Author(s): A J Griffiths-Jones
  • Location(s): East London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1880’s

For more than a century, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was a potential Jack The Ripper suspect. He was a sinister character, preying on the unfortunate souls who were forced to make a living as streetwalkers in Victorian London, and...

Private Arrangements

Private Arrangements
  • Author(s): Sherry Thomas
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1890s (late 19th century)

To all of London society, Lord and Lady Tremaine had the ideal arrangement: a marriage based on civility, courteousness, and freedom—by all accounts, a perfect marriage. The reason? For the last ten years, husband and wife have resided on...

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