Nephew of a semi-literate peasant, Justinian I was one of the most fascinating of the Roman emperors..

Early fifth century AD. The Western Roman Empire has been overrun by German tribes. Too weak to expe..

In 1918, as the First World War was drawing to a close, the eminent liberal industrial Lord Leverhul..

In September 1939, groups of horsemen in battledress cantered down a broad, grassy plain on the west..

"Dr Finlay's Casebook" is a delightful collection of episodic stories of Dr Finlay and his life in t..

Charity Mupanga is the widowed owner of Harrods International Bar (and Nightspot) - a favourite meet..

On 24 March 1939, twelve-year-old Gerald Wiener waved goodbye to his family in Berlin as he set off ..

Island whiskies have long held a fascination and a powerful emotional draw on whisky drinkers the wo..

After distinguished service in the First World War, Richard Hannay settles down with his wife Mary a..

A delight to find something new ... funny, moving, horrifying and compelling' - Times Literary Suppl..

In the mid-1980s Irvine Welsh's life was going nowhere fast. His teenage dreams of being a footballe..

For a gentleman seeking more prestigious company amidst the bawdy houses of an eighteenth-century ci..

After successfully thwarting a dastardly plan to steal rare marine animals from the sea around the S..

First published in 1963 by Harvill Press, Dark Encounters is an elegantly spine-tingling collection ..

Goth Chic is the first book to properly explore Gothic culture in the modern world. Gavin Baddeley u..