The new top ten bestselling novel from the much loved author of Girl with a Pearl Earring

A captivating, rich historical novel set in eighteenth-century London

John Tradescant, the Younger has inherited his father's collection of plants along with his unerring ability to nurture them. But as gardener to Charles I, he confronts a dilemma when England descends into Civil War. Here, John Tradescant, the Younger witnesses the English Civil War and its aftermath from his position as royal gardener.

California's gold country, 1850. Angel expects nothing from men but betrayal. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. What she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Then she meets Michael Hosea.

The eighteenth novel in this bestselling adventure series takes Richard Sharpe to battle in Copenhagen.

A compelling north-eastern saga, in the tradition of Josephine Cox

In Volume II of the Flashman Papers, Flashman tangles with femme fatale Lola Montez and the dastardly Otto Von Bismarck in a battle of wits which will decide the destiny of a continent.

An erotic story of Imperial China from the author of Red Azalea and Becoming Madame Mao .

Continuing the addictive saga of the Morland family, now with its many branches spread across the Empire and the new world.

By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune.

Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch where they settle threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by an obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth.

* New historical novel from the bestselling author of THE BIRTH OF VENUS and IN THE COMPANY OF THE COURTESAN

The new novel in Stephanie Laurens' BAR CYNSTER series of Regency romances

On the death of Henry the fifth, a nine-month-old baby is made King of England. Ambitious men surround the baby king, including his two uncles, the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester. Shrewd and clever, Bedford seeks to uphold all his late brother had won and preserve it for young Henry the sixth.

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile, and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s.

Beth is a woman of rare courage and fortitude, but there is danger and heartbreak to be endured before she can find peace and happiness...

Lucifer Box is back! Black Butterfly sees the return of the daring and depraved agent, hero of The Vesuvius Club and The Devil in Amber

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 and read by Paul Mcgann. Paul was requested especially by the author to read Wolf Hall. 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.'

Celebrated Victorian bounder, cad, and lecher, Sir Harry Flashman, V.C., returns to play his (reluctant) part in the Indian Mutiny in the fifth volume of the critically acclaimed Flashman Papers.

In the vein of Robert Harris' Pompeii, which sold over 700,000 copies, Robert Ryan tells the story of the last expedition of 'Scott of the Antarctic'