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‘Fascinating . . . lively storytelling and cutting-edge science, The Ritual Effect sticks with you'Charles DuhiggIn this ground-breaking and inspiring

‘De momenten dat ik het hardst heb gefaald in mijn leven, waren de grootste lessen.’ Milou Deelen 'onmisbare gids voor elke jongere!' - Matthew Sye

Walvistij van Elizabeth O’Connor is een prachtige roman over verlies en vooruitgang. Het is 1938 en voor Manod, een jonge vrouw die op een eiland v

A haunting, atmospheric novel about desire, duty and broken promises among an island community caught in the wave of history as Europe falls into war.

The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell'How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, a

The complete letters, dispatches and chronicles that tell the real story of Anne Boleyn.

The first-ever biography of the most powerful woman of tenth-century England.

A lively and insightful study of the many roles played by women in the Tudor era, from queens to wet-nurses and countesses to serving maids.

By first examining the origins of ecphrasis as a rhetorical trope, as well as its association with simile, the author provides an historical context o

In this lavishly illustrated, accessible guide, find out everything you need to know about the six wives of Henry VIII.

The extraordinary true story of the 'Red Queen'. Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time

A woman named Daisy, learning to trust again, is manipulated by Henry – sensitive, well-read and darkly spellbinding. From the author of the Cazalet C

The first major biography of Henry VIII least favourite wife - but the one who outlived them all.

The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the publ

The first ever biography of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, who died in childbirth giving the king what he craved most - a son and heir. Jane S

Her story not his – the English monarchy through the private and public lives of the queens of England, from the early and mythical queens to the Wa

In 1945, Indonesia's declaration of independence promised: 'the details of the transfer of power etc. will be worked out as soon as possible.' Still w

A Book of the Year in the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Washington Post, People Magazine and Oprah DailyA taut, groundbreaking new novel about a writer's rel

From the New York Times bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes comes a tale of two sisters - one as beautiful as the other is monstrous - who must f

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitor