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Bread and War

Ebook: May 1, 2025
Hardback: May 1, 2025
Paperback: April 2, 2026

Bread and War

Felicity Spector

Category: Memoir & Biography,

‘Stories of kindness, bravery and love shine from these pages’ Nigel Slater

‘A brave, necessary account of resilience and skill and the power of bread and connection’ Olia Hercules

How do you source, cook and take joy in food in the midst of war and loss?

Food is a weapon, a lifeline, a means of survival. Ukrainian food is also a powerful symbol of national identity and independence. This is a journey through mine-ridden, wrecked villages, repeatedly bombed cities, family kitchens and precarious small bakeries and cafes. Along the way news journalist and food writer Felicity Spector shares meals with soldiers, travels supply lines with volunteers and is fed incredible food by army cooks, fine bakers and home-cooking heroes.

The extraordinary stories of just some of those people – refugees and restaurateurs – trying to rebuild lives and kitchens after years of bombing, shows a very Ukrainian determination to provide good food for a besieged people.

Reviews

  • 'This is a truly inspiring book about eating, cooking, and growing food at a time of war. Full of extraordinary human stories, both of loss and fortitude, in the midst of Russia’s invasion' Jon Snow

  • ‘A wonderful book. Felicity Spector writes vividly about the role played by food in wartime Ukraine, and the brave and enterprising volunteers who bake and cook it. She is an intrepid traveller and reporter. At a time when Russia is seeking to wipe out Ukraine’s culture – including its cuisine – Spector celebrates the meals that keep Ukrainian soldiers fed, and the nation's spirit alive’ Luke Harding, author of Invasion: Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and Peterson Literary Prize 

  • 'A beautifully written account of what I call 'resistance through care'. Important stories about brave people showing utmost resilience one freshly baked loaf at a time. A brave, necessary account of resilience and skill and the power of bread and connection' Olia Hercules

  • 'This is a very special book. Extraordinary and deeply inspiring. Stories of kindness, bravery and love shine from these pages' Nigel Slater

  • 'Bread and War nourishes the soul like a slice of freshly baked Ukrainian sourdough. Felicity Spector’s compelling account of her mission to bring bread to the soldiers and villagers on the desolate frontline in mobile bakeries is gently heroic and humane. Reading it is like sharing a comforting meal with strangers in times of distress. It offers glimpses of humour and humanity in a landscape scarred by ferocious inhumanity. It is all the more poignant for taking place in the country that had been the world’s breadbasket until the war. Felicity must be a one off: a renowned food critic who has the courage to swap the ethereal detachment of writing about food for the earthy engagement of delivering it to one of the most dangerous places on earth' Matt Frei, news editor and presenter, Channel 4 News

  • 'Food is national security. Food is economy. It is employment, energy, history. Food is everything' Chef José Andrés, Founder of World Central Kitchen

In Green

Ebook: March 20, 2025
Hardback: March 20, 2025
Paperback: May 14, 2026

In Green

Louis D. Hall

Category: Memoir & Biography,

‘A classic adventure narrative in the vein of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Robert Louis Stevenson… life-changing’ CAL FLYN, author of Islands of Abandonment

 

In his mid-twenties, city-bound and restless, Louis D. Hall found himself uncertain. How to create a life he wanted to lead? Inspired by Don Quixote, he decided to fulfil a childhood dream – to make an uncharted journey on horseback.

 

After finding his horse, Sasha, in Italy’s Apennine Mountains, Louis set off and headed west. His destination: Cape Finisterre, ‘the end of the land’. For three weeks Louis and Sasha survived storms, snow, wolves and the untrodden partisan paths of the Ligurian Alps. But then a young woman arrived with her horse, Istia, and their solitary world was broken. Kiki, adrift with the death of her sibling, joined the journey, and the duo continued together.

 

With every step and every fall, the pair are forced to unfold and trust in their horses and, eventually, each other. Using old and forgotten routes, guided by strangers and nature’s clues, the travellers unravel into a wilder way of life; united by the mysteries of the horse, enticed by the illusions of adventure.

Reviews

  • 'A classic adventure narrative in the vein of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Robert Louis Stevenson: this is a life-changing, continental trek on foot and on horseback that captures the clarity, freedom and desperate joys of long distance travel and the closeness and intimacy of the herd. Romantic in so many senses of the word – a love story, a wilderness quest, a kaleidoscope of European culture and language' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment

  • 'Vivid imagery... A terrific adventure story well told by an articulate, enterprising writer' Country Life

  • 'From the future to the past and the real-life equestrian tale of actor-adventurer Louis D Hall... His first foray in the world of travel writing is impressive... a compelling, uplifting and astonishing read' Sunday Post

  • 'Remarkable... this curiously timeless adventure, with its soaring highs and crushing lows, is never less than compelling' Roger Cox, Scotsman

  • 'An utterly enchanting debut – a new favourite book. I was riding side by side with the author, every step of the way' Antonia Fraser

  • 'Surprising, gripping and unforgettable. What a fabulous debut!' Mel Giedroyc

  • 'An awe-inspiring tale of adventure, grit, and the deep bond between man, horse and nature – a story that will stir the soul of every reader who dreams of pushing beyond the horizon' Alastair Humphreys, author of Microadventures

  • 'A young man with an old soul takes on an ancient journey by horseback across Europe. This is a striking debut that will transcend its time: an emotionally taut, beautifully written book for eternally restless romantics' Sophy Roberts, author of Lost Pianos of Siberia

  • 'An incredible journey, complete with all of the elements of real adventure; joy, despair, challenge and surprise. And a deep sense of meaning – this is an exploration of the interior every bit as much as it is one of the exterior. A book that will inspire many an odyssey!' Leon McCarron, author of Wounded Tigris

  • 'In Green is a love letter to serendipity, to leaning into uncertainty, to being ok with not knowing what the destination looks like, and to trusting in the kindness of strangers, animals and yourself. For all the wanderers and soul-searchers, this will be both balm and permission – no, it’s not easy and yes, you can go too... A vital book' Mary-Ann Ochota, author of Secret Britain and Hidden Histories

  • 'A lyrical account of slow travel through the old routes of Europe, and a paean to the even older relationship between humans and horses' James Roberts, author of Two Lights

  • 'In Green is a deeply engaging tale of adventure and determination. This is a quest for what lies eternally beyond the horizon – risk, love, luck, the goodness of others and those inner resources we don’t know we have. A compelling account of a man and a horse in naked nature, and the joys and perils of setting off on your own.' Dr Clare Morgan, Kellogg College, Oxford University

  • 'This coming of age adventure exploring grief, wild landscapes and the healing power of the horse heralds the arrival of a passionate and distinctive new voice in travel writing' Lucy Atkins, author of Windmill Hill

  • In Green takes us on the oldest of journeys. Our guides are Louis and his horse, Sasha, and their destination is Cape Finisterre, the land’s end. What we travel through as they go are landscapes of loss and love, commitment and dependency, companionship and hope. This is powerful, honest, affecting writing, a story of trust and human change' David Herd, author of Walk Song

  • 'A brave and thrilling adventure, elegantly told. And a timely reminder of how much love and kindness there is in the world, despite everything' Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent, author of Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains

Duet

Ebook: September 18, 2025
Hardback: September 18, 2025
Paperback:

Duet

Eleanor Chan

Category: History,

An ancient shaman raises a conch shell to her lips in a painted cave. A scholar in a Shaolin monastery bends over a manuscript and invents a musical scale. A 21st-century pop star takes her seat at a candyfloss-pink piano.

Music is interwoven into the fabric of our lives. We listen to it. Some of us play it. And from the earliest traces of human existence, we have attempted to capture it – through the instruments we decorate, the spaces we perform in, and in kaleidoscopic paintings, medieval illuminated manuscripts and haute couture.

In this startlingly original and beautifully illustrated history of music, classically trained musician, art historian and BBC Next Generation Thinker Dr Eleanor Chan takes us on an unforgettable journey through sound and vision that will forever change the way we see music.

River East, River West

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Ebook: January 25, 2024
Hardback: January 25, 2024
Paperback: May 2, 2024

River East, River West

Aube Rey Lescure

Category: Historical Fiction,

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACE AWARD 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025
FINALIST FOR THE MAYA ANGELOU BOOK AWARD 2024
LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025

Shanghai, 2007: feeling betrayed by her American mother’s engagement to their rich landlord Lu Fang, fourteen-year-old Alva begins plotting her escape. But the exclusive American School – a potential ticket out – is not what she imagined.

Qingdao, 1985: newlywed Lu Fang works as a lowly shipping clerk. Though he aspires to a bright future, he is one of many casualties of harsh political reforms. Then China opens up to foreigners and capital, and Lu Fang meets a woman who makes him question what he should settle for…

A mesmerising reversal of the east–west immigrant narrative set against China’s economic boom, River East, River West is a deeply moving exploration of race, identity and family, of capitalism’s false promise and private dreams. 

Reviews

  • ‘A novel about reinvention. It’s original, it’s funny, and it’s sometimes heartbreaking as well’ Monica Ali, bestselling author of Love Marriage (judge for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024)

  • 'I ... loved Aube Rey Lescure's River East, River West, which portrays western expats in Shanghai with both clear-eyed critique and compassion' Rebecca F Kuang, author of Yellowface

  • 'An incredible novel that immediately absorbs you into the lives of a complicated mixed family during China’s economic boom. Rey Lescure writes beautifully about the unfairness of who gets opportunities and who doesn’t, the complexities of family life and the agony of living up to expectations' Luan Goldie, author of Nightingale Point

  • 'Aube Rey Lescure’s beautiful debut makes us feel the inexhaustible mystery of other lives. A moving portrait of the love between a mother and daughter, River East, River West portrays, too, the powerlessness of our loves against the riptides of history' Garth Greenwell, author of Cleanness

  • 'Rey Lescure’s prose is cinematic, compelling, perceptive and poignant' The Guardian

  • 'A searing and intimate exploration of both China and the American Dream. Poignant and propulsive, thoughtful and moving. I loved this book' Jean Kwok, bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee

  • ‘A compelling and thought-provoking coming-of-age story about identity and the narratives we create about ourselves. River East, River West offers a vivid portrait of China and the uneasy relationships of class and family history’ Catherine Cho, author of Inferno

  • ‘“River east, river west” comes from a famous Chinese saying, which suggests that the world or people’s destinies are always in constant change, and there is no fixed path of rise, fall, honour or disgrace. Aube Rey Lescure has represented this idea brilliantly in her novel’ Xinran, author of The Good Women of China

  • 'River East, River West offers a fascinating, unexpected insight into a rapidly changing China in the years leading up to 2008. It is a wonderfully compelling debut about a Chinese-American family that lays bare the excesses of wealth, hedonism, poverty, despair and neocolonial arrogance. Clear-eyed, illuminating, tender, devastating, I was swept along by Aube Rey Lescure's storytelling' Priscilla Morris, author of Black Butterflies

  • 'An acutely moving and well-observed portrait of China' New Yorker

  • 'A keen exploration of love, heritage and the search for home, told through alternating points of view – rebellious Alva and her stepfather Lu Fang, with secrets of his own. Aube Rey Lescure’s portrayal of the glitter and grit of China’s tumultuous economic rise is by turns luminous and searing. A haunting debut' Vanessa Hua, bestselling author of Forbidden City

  • 'A beautifully expansive tale of new beginnings – and the pasts we can't extricate ourselves from' Thao Thai, author of Banyan Moon

  • 'Beautifully written and brilliant on race, identity, family and feeling like an outsider' Sara Lawrence, Daily Mail

  • 'A complex and moving exploration of race, class, gender, and family... An ambitious, innovative take on both the immigrant and coming-of-age novel' Kirkus Review

  • ‘River East, River West is a beautiful novel, wise and sensitive in dealing with the entanglements of love and culture across national boundaries, and across time; and despite its vast scope, it always feels intimate. A marvellous achievement’ Tash Aw, author of Five Star Billionaire

The British

Ebook:
Hardback: November 7, 2024
Paperback:

The British

Pont

Category: History,

A fondness for laughing at our own anecdotes. An assertion of the importance of tea. A weakness for oak beams. A keen interest in the weather. A tendency to ‘become doggy’. The British haven’t changed much since the 1930s, when Pont’s first witty and hilarious observations on the national character appeared in Punch magazine.

Pont’s plump rolling-pin wielding cooks and solar-topee’d imperialists capture a distinct moment in British inter-war history, but his observations of character are timeless. In the nursery, at the opera, or in the bath, in tweed or tennis whites or bowler hat, Pont conjures distinct, complete personalities with a few strokes of his pen.

Charming, idiosyncratic and – above all – wonderfully funny, this unforgettable collection will bring Pont’s extraordinary talent to a new generation of fans.

Reviews

  • 'Includes Pont's most famous sequence, The British Character, in which, with beautiful wit, he illustrated national characteristics prevalent at the time... Some of Pont's cartoons seem amazingly prescient, almost as though they had been drawn only yesterday' Craig Brown, Daily Mail

  • 'Pont's penmanship is an appealing mixture of rough, scribbly shading, block black shadows, and exquisitely fine detail in the right places' Guardian

  • 'Like the best moderns he infuses character into every curve of a rump or tilt of an eyebrow, adding tiny jokes in every corner' Libby Purves

  • 'Pont specialised in portraying the English middle classes, and most of his jokes are still as pointful today as they were in the Thirties ... brilliantly observant drawings' Oldie

  • 'Tremendously popular ...hilarious and brilliantly observed work' Sunday Express

  • 'Pure visual comedy' Independent

Fall of Civilizations

Ebook: April 25, 2024
Hardback: April 25, 2024
Paperback: April 3, 2025

Fall of Civilizations

Paul Cooper

Category: History,

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘You need to read this book’ Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment

‘Cooper is a phenomenon’ Max Hastings, Sunday Times

**Based on the hit podcast with over 200 million streams**

The world is full of ruins. From the Colosseum of Rome to the crumbling suburbs of Detroit, the vine-wreathed temples of the Maya to the shell-pocked buildings of Bakhmut and Gaza. Each of these ruins has a different history, but all of them are places where, one day, the future ended.

In Fall of Civilizations, historian Paul Cooper tells the stories behind our greatest civilizations, how they rose to power and what life was like for the people who witnessed their downfall. Based on the critically acclaimed podcast, this extraordinary book turns a clear eye on to humanity’s past mistakes – and whether we are doomed to repeat them.

Reviews

  • 'Eminently readable... one can almost hear the spoken word as one reads. Yet Cooper has built his narrative out of close reading of the original sources... the author’s strength is his ability to evoke the physical setting of the great cities that lay at the heart of empires' David Abulafia, Spectator

  • 'An instructive, engaging and compelling epic which reveals the fragility of human existence: magnificent triumphs and lamentable tragedies, the civilized and the barbarian. A timely tour de force of historical storytelling' Ron Ramdin, author of The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain

  • 'Cooper is a phenomenon...[and] a gifted collector of historical jigsaw pieces... [he] addresses a new public in new ways, through a mastery of anecdotage and accessible storytelling' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

  • 'Paul Cooper's histories of fallen civilizations are brilliantly written: clear, compelling, and ultimately chilling as we are forced to accept the lost genius of ancient cultures and the inevitable ruination of our own. Full of fascinating detail and nuanced findings, you need to read this book' Cal Flyn, journalist and author of Islands of Abandonment

  • ‘Cooper draws parallels between fears for our own future and the colossal wrecks of fallen empires so that we may marvel at them and, perhaps, learn from them’ Tim Leach, author of The Hollow Throne 

  • PRAISE FOR THE PODCAST

    'Excellent' Guardian

  • 'A treasure trove of myths and terror… Atmospheric as hell… Immersive' The Times

  • 'Paul Cooper has a historian's cool for what we know and what we don't... but a novelist's eye for vivid details' Seattle Times

The Man Who Didn’t Burn

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the man who didnt burn

Ebook: October 12, 2023
Hardback: October 12, 2023
Paperback: October 10, 2024

The Man Who Didn’t Burn

Ian Moore

A KILLER. A SAINT. A TOWN FULL OF WHISPERS

When an English expat is brutally murdered, his charred corpse left on a Loire Valley hillside, the police turn to juge d’instruction Matthieu Lombard to find the killer.

Instead, Lombard discovers a wealth of secrets, grudges and feuds in the idyllic town of Saint-Genèse-sur-Loire. He begins to suspect that the remaining members of the Comité des Fêtes know more about the death than they are letting on.

But rather than towards an arrest, each clue he uncovers seems to point in one, unexpected direction: Joan of Arc. Is the answer to the murder hiding in the barroom gossip of the Lion d’Or? Or in another century altogether?

The thrilling new crime series from The Times-bestselling author of Death and Croissants

Reviews

  • ‘With more twists and turns than a backwoods farm track, Moore has made a blistering start to what is near certain to be a long-running series’ Barry Turner, Daily Mail

  • 'Like a French inspector Morse, a gallic delight reminiscent of Fred Vargas and Donna Leon' C. K. McDonnell, author of The Stranger Times

  • ‘A cracking good read’ Mark Billingham, author of the Tom Thorne thrillers

  • 'Charming, clever and expertly crafted… wickedly fabulous' Rachel Lynch, author of the Detective Kelly Porter thrillers

  • 'Full of twists and turns, I couldn't put this down. Great stuff' Simon McCleave, author of the D.I. Ruth Hunter thrillers

  • ‘This is great fun… crime fiction at a European pace, with a fabulous Loire Valley setting… reminiscent of Michael Dibdin’ Sarah Hilary, author of the D.I. Marnie Rome thrillers

  • 'An accomplished and compelling tale of French cops, the legend of Joan of Arc and a ceremoniously murdered Brit, all set in France's luscious Loire valley' Martin Walker, author of the Bruno, Chief of Police, Dordogne Mysteries

  • 'Wine, chateaux and murder, what's not to love? I highly recommend' Cara Black, author of the Aimée Leduc Investigations

  • 'An engrossing, slickly plotted policier that will leave you wanting more' Tom Benjamin, author of the Daniel Leicester mysteries

  • 'A bracing antidote to the many stories of beautiful, sun-soaked French towns... Juge d’instruction Matthieu Lombard is a great character, curmudgeonly but clever, dogged but sensitive, and with a brain packed with the kind of general knowledge that wins quizzes' Literary Review

  • 'A surprising and truly entertaining mystery… Moore has finely drawn, colourful characters… incredibly enjoyable' Paul Burke, Crime Time FM

  • 'A hotbed of grudges and feuds. Thrilling’ Marie Warren, Crime Monthly

  • 'A cunning murder mystery, a dive into history, a warm and intimate portrait of provincial France and, in Juge Lombard, a compelling continental detective – a terrific read' Jon Henley

Catastrophe Ethics

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catastrophe ethics

Ebook: March 7, 2024
Hardback: March 7, 2024
Paperback: January 16, 2025

Catastrophe Ethics

Travis Rieder

Category: Psychology & Philosophy,

Philosopher Travis Rieder outlines a new ethics for the age of humanmade catastrophe. We are all asking, in a hyperglobalised world hurtling towards environmental destruction: how do we determine the right actions? Do our individual efforts to avoid plastic or air travel, or to drive electric, make any real difference?

We urgently need to expand our ethical toolkit. The mental tools most of us rely on to ‘do the right thing’ just don’t work when it comes to reasoning about large collective problems. From the small stuff like single-use plastics to major decisions like whether to have children, Rieder defines exactly how we can change our thinking and lead a decent, meaningful life in a scary, complicated world.

Reviews

  • ‘Smart, splendid, and brave. A crash course in ethics from an expert philosopher that gave me hope for the future. A must-read for anyone who cares about doing good in the world’ Anna Lembke, New York Times-bestselling author of Dopamine Nation

  • ‘With an open mind and a firm grasp of the issues, Rieder brings the question of living a decent life into the modern era’ Kirkus

  • 'Eloquent, incisive and highly engaging, Catastrophe Ethics is an indispensable exploration of the choices we can make in a complex and challenging time' Ben Goldsmith, environmentalist and financier

  • ‘A fascinating and thought-provoking guide to navigating the ethics of the climate crisis’ Siddarth Shrikanth, author of The Case for Nature 

  • ‘If you want to be hopeful about whether an individual can act morally in a world where individuals don't seem to make much of a difference, this is the book for you’ Barry Lam, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, and presenter of the Hi-Phi Nation podcast

  • 'An excellent resource for the environmentally conscious weighing their life’s choices' Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Understorey

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Understorey cover

Ebook: June 6, 2024
Hardback: June 6, 2024
Paperback: May 1, 2025

Understorey

Anna Chapman Parker

Category: Memoir & Biography,

‘A beautiful, quiet, achingly tender book’ Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places

In Understorey, artist and writer Anna Chapman Parker records in prose and stunning original line drawings a year spent looking closely at weeds, our most ubiquitous and accessible plants. In gardens, on verges or clustered around municipal lampposts, weeds offer a year-round spectacle of wildlife. The benefits to us of being among greenery are well known, but what exactly are these vaguely familiar shapes that accompany our every step, yet pass beneath our notice? How and when do they emerge, bloom and subside, and what would it mean to notice them?

Meditating too on how they appear in other artists’ work, from a bramble framing a sixth-century Byzantine manuscript to a kudzu vine installation in contemporary Berlin, Chapman Parker explores the art of paying attention even to the smallest things.

Reviews

  • 'A beautiful, quiet, achingly tender book. A year spent with weeds; giving voice to the exquisite and the everyday alike... It’s a reminder that the circle always turns; the light always comes back' Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places

  • 'Anna Chapman Parker weaves together art history, botany, ecosystems, and the routines of everyday life in this gracefully illuminating account of a year drawing weeds. Through the shifting seasons, Chapman Parker’s drawings and prose reveal the extraordinary value of plants that are generally taken for granted, ignored, or obliterated, and the power of stopping to look carefully, pen in hand' Alixe Bovey, Dean and Deputy Director at The Courtauld

  • 'A delicately written study of the joys and difficulties of paying attention' Jessie Greengrass, author of The High House

  • 'What a brilliant idea, to fit into the interstices of days full of work and two children, the very plants that are themselves so good at filling the interstices of our daily lives. The attention that Anna Chapman Parker has given to the ordinary weeds surrounding her, both in drawings and words, gives them a heightened glamour, presence and worth' Ruth Pavey, author of A Wood of One's Own

  • 'Anna Chapman Parker approaches the struggle to find creative fulfilment in a world full of distraction with the same generosity she extends to some of our most overlooked and downtrodden urban flora. This book is as clear-eyed as it is beautiful' Florence Wilkinson, author of Wild City

  • 'This tranquil, meditative book is all about the quiet pleasure of examining something closely in order to truly appreciate it' Daily Mail

  • 'This thoughtful and beautifully written book is a balm to the soul. Structured as a calendar year spent looking at wildflowers in the author's neighbourhood, and sketching them as part of an attempt to slow down and observe more carefully, this book is part illustrated artist's diary, and part meditation on the process of drawing: what it means to look, take time to observe, and to attempt to record what we see on the page. It's hard to overstate how thoughtful and well written this book is, or the impact it had on my too-busy, somewhat frazzled mind. I drank it in and it has changed me forever' Vicky MacKenzie, author of For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain

  • 'Sketches by Anna are found throughout the book, while the odd black-and-white photo of weeds also helps to illustrate the subject matter, so this is certainly a book for those who like art as well as weeds!' John Miles, Bird Watching magazine

The Secret Christmas

Ebook: November 7, 2024
Hardback: November 7, 2024
Paperback: November 7, 2024

The Secret Christmas

Anna Abney

Category: Historical Fiction,

December, 1653, England. The Puritan parliament has outlawed the celebration of Christmas and while shops must stay open every day, the theatres have been forced to close their doors.

The Hawthorne family have been allowed to return to their ancestral home, Measham Hall, just in time for Christmas. This is only after Sir Nicholas Hawthorne has reluctantly agreed to take an oath of loyalty to the Commonwealth. When a theatre troupe begging alms turn up on their doorstep, the family’s Catholic traditions of hospitality and charity dictate they must welcome the strangers in, despite the risks involved. These magical and exuberant guests transform Christmas at Measham Hall into a secret celebration, filled with theatrical performances, music and bountiful banquets, much to the delight of the children, William and Alethea.

This festive prequel to The Master of Measham Hall is a delightful tale of a small rebellion and sows the seed for decisions William and Alethea will make in years to come.

Reviews

  • ‘It’s rare for a historical novel to feel so timely’ Jo Baker, Sunday Times bestselling author of Longbourn

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