On a bitter November evening, young Mary Yellan journeys across the rainswept moors to Jamaica Inn to honour her mother's dying request. The warning of the coachman echoes in her memory as, terrified of the inn's brooding power, she becomes ensnared in the dark schemes enacted behind its walls.

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

* Reissued in a new look is this richly imagined historical novel that combines mystery, history, politics and passion in a story of gripping power, from the author of SACRED HEARTS

* Reissued in a new look, the breathtaking historical novel about love, beauty, the politics of sex and the power of loyalty set in Venice, by the author of SACRED HEARTS, featuring a fabulous courtesan and her dwarf

This publication is not for sale to libraries. 1570 in the Italian city of Ferrara, and the convent of Santa Caterina is filled with noble women who are married to Christ because many cannot find husbands outside. Enter sixteen-year-old Serafina howling with rage and hormones and determined to escape.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Birth Of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan is a breathtaking novel about love, beauty, the politics of sex and the power of loyalty, set in one of the world's most spectacular cities.

Anna packs her bags one day without telling anyone where and why she is going - just that she'll be back soon. Her thoughts as she boards are that this journey will give her time to think about her life - as a woman hitting forty, a journalist and a single mother. She has no premonition that she will become a statistic in a missing person file.

From the writer of 'THE BIRTH OF VENUS' comes this psychological thriller where the means of survival are just as shocking as surrender.

Is Elly's love affair with a New York cocaine dealer too deep and dark to be broken - even by an old friend? When Marla responds to Elly's call from America she finds herself ensnared in the twilight world of drug smuggling. She thinks she can see through the lies. This work is from the bestselling author of The Birth of Venus .

Features over sixty works from an international list of artists, which together highlight the vitality and variety of portrait painting. This book includes an essay by renowned novelist Sarah Dunant, author of In the Company of the Courtesan and The Birth of Venus .

This title is read by Jenny Sterlin, abridged on five CDs and lasts six hours.

From the bestselling author of The Birth Of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan is a breathtaking novel about love, beauty, the politics of sex and the power of loyalty, set in one of the world's most spectacular cities.

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