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Debut author Shen Tao introduces listeners to the lush, deadly world of The Poet Empress, a sweeping…

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The year is 1853, and Princess Elisabeth “Sisi” of Bavaria has been very clear: She will wait for th…

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In this book, I have taken into account the life journey of great women who have made an impact on t…

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A thriller and love story set in 10th-century Japan.Lady Shonagon is an imperial courtesan, living a…

Three more series of Natalie Haynes’ BBC Radio 4 show combining comedy with classicism – plus Christ…

Brought to you by Penguin. Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, compl…

In ancient China, a woman’s place in society was shaped by a deep-rooted system of values that empha…

Marie Corelli is best known as a novelist, but was always a poet at heart, composing on her stronges…

A thrilling tale of the Devil's final ride between the darkness and dawn, watching as mankind falls …

DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE is the first in a new adult series by Terry Deary, the author of …

Traveling easily through a thousand years of history, The Bright Ages reminds us society never colla…

From a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a biography of the famed poet, courtier, and colonizer, sho…

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the p…

In 1787, Lucia, the beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Venetian statesman, is marrie…