On a wintry day in St Petersburg, Katya - the Countess Ekaterina Polkonina - gives birth to a baby girl. But outside the cloistered confines of the Polkonin family palace, the Russian Revolution stalks the streets.All too soon, Katya's aristocratic world crumbles around her. With her husband Andrey away at the front, she must learn to adapt to protect herself and her two young daughters. As the tumult in Russia spills onto the global stage - and Katya and Andrey's relationship splinters under the pressure - the Polkonin family find themselves adrift in a rapidly changing world. A world where old ways, old rules and old loves fall away in the face of new dangers, new passions and newfound courage.This sweeping family saga follows Katya across the world during one of the most turbulent periods in modern history, from the turmoil of the First World War and the Russian Civil War to exile in Manchuria and then China. When Japan enters the Second World War, Katya will once more find herself at the heart of history, in a time of affairs, betrayals and adventures.
First she changed England. Then she changed the world.¿¿For all fifteen years of her life, Pauline de Pamiers has witnessed an attack on her family, friends, and faith. It's the early thirteenth century and the Pope and King of France are conducting a Crusade against the Cathars; the only crusade on European soil and against another Christian sect. As a member of this sect in France that sits outside the dominant Roman Church, Pauline is an outsider: young, but independent and bold. Seeking to escape the fate of her countrymen, she chooses the most unlikely path to safety and, ultimately, survival over martyrdom. She forms a bond with one of the crusaders, young knight Simon de Montfort, who sees something special in this outspoken girl who refuses to submit to a society where women are not treated equally to men. Together, they travel to England, where she helps the French knight obtain an English title and stand head and shoulders above other noblemen for his integrity, bravery, and concern for those who have the least.With the Church and men and women of the kingdom under threat, they must overcome the narcissistic king and a challenge against their unique love in order to change the course of their lives, and the history of England.The Girl and the Sword is a sweeping saga that will change minds about the role of women in history, and leave the reader feeling the spiritual power of love.
When Coco and his friends discover a sustainable energy source on their island, they set out to get their skyorbs into the hands of world leaders at COP26. But will they get to Glasgow in time to save the planet?
James Macfarlane - whisky tycoon and dilettante freedom fighter - is beginning to suspect his antagonists have a good point. His plan to overthrow Caledon's despotic leader, the Marischal, had been going swimmingly. That was before he was thrown in a dungeon, shot in the face, and damn near shipwrecked.
You get the insurgents you deserve. The UK lies in ruins, torn apart by fear, arrogance, and an inexhaustible supply of stupidity. England teeters on the brink of economic disaster, while behind a giant wall, Scotland labours under the tyrannical rule of the Marischal. The people cry out for a hero. Unfortunately, they've got James Macfarlane.
Using stories drawn from over 20 years' of working with leaders from across the globe, Rob debunks the myths around what it truly means to 'be a leader', replacing old and obsolete leadership models with a new human-led philosophy fit for the 21st century.
A story of finding new love late in life. Love is not always straightforward and Sara and Harry must find a way to overcome the tragedies of his past in order to make sweet music together in the future. Printed in a large format with a clear font on bright white paper for easier reading.
The SYSO System is a one stop self-improvement system that can be applied wherever you are on your journey. You can change your life by following 7 simple steps and the book's 70 practical exercises help you DO the changing, rather than just read about it.
Jon Stone is a revered psychiatrist, doting husband, loving father. But he has many secrets.Maddy Stone, Jon's daughter, has her own secrets. But she can't tell anyone.Zara, Maddy's stepsister and best friend, faces a race against time. Can she unearth the family's dark secrets before a tragic history repeats itself?Two girls: one living and lost, the other scarred and silent, must join forces to prevent the unspeakable…
Emma and Joshua both have dark secrets, which threaten to alter the course of both their lives forever.
Become a company the world will get behind.
A beautiful fugitive. A secret treaty. A decadent age. And the lost papers of the greatest diarist that ever lived. Tying together historical fiction, espionage and crime, Camille is a historical adventure to mirror a glorious age.
SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM, YOU NEED TO BECOME IT. On Prisons tells the stories of the men and women who live behind the walls of our prisons and of the staff who keep them there. Written by Danny McAllister, a former Governor and Director of High Security for prisons in England and Wales, these tales chronicle the thirty years he spent governing gaols and the lives of the prisoners he came to know. The stories are often troubling, desperate and deeply shocking, but even in the depths of despair there is humour and optimism. An unprecedented account of prison life at home and abroad, from the 1980s to the present day, On Prisons shows that it is possible to keep your humanity behind bars - just.
The Daylight Thief is a piece of historical fiction inspired by actual events.
JOCK STEEL, THE SAS SPY With an ability to survive in the merciless desert that puts other well-known agents into the shade, Steel doesn’t worry if there is nowhere to run and hide. But there is always a price to be paid. Jock Steel is a young British army officer who knows more than most about his Nazi opponents. He is also passionately in love with Madeleine McLean. Determined to bring his new form of warfare behind enemy lines, Steel is persuaded to serve Britain as a spy in order to safeguard MI6 secrets in the fight against Rommel in North Africa. As Madeleine leaves Oxford to work in MI5 to get closer to Steel, she uncovers dark secrets at the heart of British Intelligence. Steel abandons Madeleine to fend for herself while he tracks traitors behind enemy lines. Will his revolutionary ideas for a new kind of secret war outwit enemies at home and abroad? Now that they have been torn apart, can their love survive?
Autumn 1914. Farmer Tom Bomford leaves his life in rural England for the sands of Eqypt. He is a member of the Worcestershire Yeomanry and he is at the start of a long and extraordinary adventure that will stretch across the whole of the First World War. Based on a true story, Testament is a remarkable portrait of violence and friendship, of war and the people affected by it. Of the soldiers struggling against an unforgiving enemy and extreme heat, and of the families back home facing the bottomless fears and uncertainties of having their sons fighting on the other side of the world in one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history.
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