London, 1938. When fiercely independent chambermaid Nancy Nettleton first moved to London and the Buckingham hotel, the last thing on her mind was finding love, let alone falling for the debonair demonstration dancer Raymond de Guise. As the festive...
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2019** 15th century Oakham, in Somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge. When a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of Shrove...
From the author of Perfidious Albion, a darkly comic and profoundly affecting novel about resistance, radicalism and redemption. Maya is homeless and living on an illegal encampment in London. The site is razed and Maya is detained, but then...
First published in 1964, The Snow Ball is arguably Brigid Brophy’s most brilliant fictional performance, consummately melding her avid interests in opera, sexuality and psychology. It is New Year’s Eve in London. The occasion is a costume ball on...
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