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Afro-Saxon is the follow-up to 'A Black Boy at Eton' where Dillibe Onyeama recounts his experience of being the first black boy to complete his education at Eton.

King Henry II, exhausted from everlasting conflict with France and his sons rebelling against him finds love, solace, and passion after falling for the youthful beauty of Alys and makes her his mistress.

''Immensely gripping and suspenseful'' Sophie Hannah, New York Times Bestseller1495 Seville, Andalusia.Can Isaac find the real killer to save his best friend from execution?The Inquisition is determined to execute heretics like Isaac - those who practice Judaism in secret. Friends and family are arrested and set against each other. Isaac''s best friend is accused of heresy, and he is forced to choose between him and his own family. King Ferdinand offers to help him - can Isaac trust him? As the mystery unravels what secrets will Isaac uncover about himself, his friends, and his family?

1478: Gianetta and Matteo have a happy life, working in service to the wealthyRosini family. They are used to entertaining rich and powerful members ofFlorentine society in Palazzo Rosini, where Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Mediciand Botticelli are regular visitors. Even when the Medici brothers narrowlyescape the Palazzo with their lives (an accident, surely?), Gianetta and Matteocan't imagine that the growing unrest in the streets of Florence would everspoil their happiness.When a bloody conspiracy erupts in the heart of Florence, in the city'sbeloved Duomo, nobody is left unaffected by the aftermath. When the familyhear that Matteo is among the conspirators, Gianetta knows that her life willnever be the same.

"We cannot see where we are going. The road is unknownto us. There are deep ditches on either side. We do notalways even know where we are going or what the purposeof life is. All we know is that to us ours is an unknown wayalong which we are obliged to travel prepared by time thatis remorseless instead of having strong headlights to showus a safe way. We have two flickering candle lamps, andthey represent faith and hope."

When Nancy Lockhart takes a secretarial job with Gordon Mackenzie, a wealthy East Lothian businessman, she soon finds he is expecting rather more from her than shorthand and typing. She is made increasingly uncomfortable by the obvious jealousy of his daughter and the unwelcome advances of one of his male staff, but she enjoys the job and needs the money. Then romance comes into her life and everything changes... The second story, Dancing in the Wings, is a short tale based on the author's real-life experiences as a young woman.

Set in the 50s and 60s, Jacobs' novel is an affectionate tribute to the South London of his youth, in the Jewish community in Brixton. The story of 'Benny the Fixer' Pomeranski and friends is full of period detail, colour, gangsters, boxing, jazz and the rag trade. The writing is almost biographical in parts, but springs to life in the dialogue.

Having moved from zoology to psychology to anthropology on both sides of the Atlantic, Bill McGrew developed a fascination for chimpanzees which led to him spending four decades studying our nearest living relations in their African homelands. He held a series of academic posts in the USA and UK, culminating in a professorship at the University of Cambridge and ending in retirement to Scotland. As he puts it: "I was lucky enough to be paid by various academic institutions to do what I would have paid them to let me do".This memoir consists of a series of stories and vignettes from a varied and colourful life, mainly involving animals, and naturally focusing on chimpanzees. All proceeds will go to organisations that rescue and care for chimpanzees."One of the world''s foremost primatologists, who sought adventures in Africa to follow chimpanzees in the wild, offers glimpses of his life. Funny, warm, unexpected."Frans de Waal, author of Mama''s Last Hug"Chasing after chimpanzees can be hilarious... McGrew came to be the world''s expert on the richness and diversity of chimpanzee cultures as well as a commentator on the comedic aspects of the lives of those who study them."Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of Mothers and Others"Renowned primatologist William McGrew has written a lovely memoir, a series of vignettes about key moments in his life and career. A heartfelt glimpse into one scientist''s fascinating life, and a thoroughly enjoyable read."Craig Stanford, author of The New ChimpanzeeCover Picture: Observational learning: chimpanzee mother performs hygienic operation on her foot, removing a sub-dermal sand flea, watched closely by her daughter, Mahale, 2007. (Photo by Agumi Inaba)

Christopher Thomas' driving ambition as a boy was to become a foreign correspondent. Refusing to be held back by a poor secondary modern school education and a single GCE 'O' level, he learned shorthand to get a job as a trainee on the local newspaper. Determination and a good deal of bluffing drove him to the top of his profession, and he went on to work for The Times for 28 years. As a foreign correspondent he saw conflicts and suffering in dozens of countries, but amid the wreckage of ordinary people's lives there was always humanity and heroism, and sometimes even hope.As a long-time foreign correspondent, based in the South Asia for The Times of London he spent a decade in and around India and has valuable insights into the situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir and India.Previously author of Faultline Kashmir, published by New Millennium Press and with insights into Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Kashmir, Christopher Thomas has read and researched deeply into the history of the area, and he has reached a number of uncomfortable but undeniable conclusions that are worth pondering as India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kashmir once again erupts in conflict or potential conflict while contemplating, for the first time in years, the tortuous path to peace.He is bluntly critical of all parties, observing that Pakistan has "shattered its own democracy" in military pursuit in Kashmir and Afghanistan and its guerrillas have "hijacked the people's rebellion" in the name of jihad.

Smart, savvy and original, Sally Emerson's story about a young woman growing up with an amoral mother deftly portrays youth and its careful obsessions. When her mother brings home the young, attractive architect Paul, Jennifer becomes aware of new and unusual feelings, and before long mother and daughter are competing for Paul's attention.

Trevor Millum's grandfather, George, was gardener to Frances Burnett, author of the children's classic The Secret Garden; the garden he tended, her home, was inspiration for the book, and George was the model for the gardener. The authors father kept diaries of his work, now published for the first time in this unusual, colourful, absorbing book.

Fire Child's dark heroine is young Tessa who from the age of 12 uses the power of her smile to seduce men, with damaging and dramatic consequences. Sally Emerson's hypnotic, vivid, unputdownable, blazing love story throbs with lust and black humour.

The 'Swinging Sixties' are commonly depicted as hedonistic days. A point in history remembered for the generation of young people who shed the trappings of their parents and grandparents and, fuelled by sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, set out to put the world to rights. A time when individuality was heralded and convention widely challenged.

This is the eighth volume of (mainly) poetry published by Eddie Thompson ruminating upon the quirks, foibles and mysteries of modern everyday life, but this one is a little different. It has been published in memory of his beloved Enid, who died unexpectedly in January 2021. All the pieces are related, directly, or indirectly, to Enid and the couple's many happy years together.

Making the best of a life with limited vision.Robert Netherway was born blind. His earliest memories are of having his sight partially restored by pioneering eye surgery, enabling him to do simple jobs on his father's hill farm in Devon. He attended a school for visually impaired children andtrained successfully for a career, although in later life he has had to deal with losing his sight again. In this book he muses on the trials and tribulations of life with and without the power of vision.

Fergus and Lavinia Moreton have been married for more than 30 years and ''comfortably wrapped up'' in each other for nearly 50. Though they enjoy a life of semi-rural comfort in civilised Middle England, nothing is ever quite right for Fergus, including any foodstuff invented after the 1960s. The matters they disagree about range from the use of animals to keep the lawn down to Fergus'' supposed talent as a player of the bodhran - or any other musical instrument. Neither could imagine life without the other, although Lavinia sometimes tries...A sympathetic, perceptive portrait of a couple who are not old yet - just in very late middle age.

Rose Luce has had an unusually varied and interesting life. Her early family life and jobs in parliament and America, later including a leading role in the English-Speaking Union and much charitable work in the UK and Gibraltar, were buttressed by her love of music and singing in choirs. Above all, as the wife of Richard Luce, she supported his long and varied career over 60 years as an MP, Minister, Vice-Chancellor, Governor and Lord Chamberlain to The Queen's Household.Richard writes in his memoirs Ringing the Changes: "I cannot describe adequately in words what her support, love and companionship throughout our marriage have meant to me. I could not have managed my work in Africa, the struggle to get into Parliament, politics, being a Minister, a Vice-Chancellor, a Governor or Lord Chamberlain without her."In this book, Rose describes in the most vivid, entertaining and human way her life supporting Richard in all his many and challenging tasks.