1945年之前

Mary Dumont is a third officer in the Women’s Royal Naval Service working at the Admiralty Communications Centre in London in 1942 where she is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to …

Have you ever longed to escape? To leave behind a life that seems endlessly predictable? That stretches greyly into the future with little hope of colour and variety?Join Margaret as she …

It is the end of the 18th century and the end of schooling for four Cornish youngsters. They share their aspirations for the future, not realising there is a price to be paid.Cornwall is the land of …

In this 1916 classic by John Bucan, Hannay once again becomes embroiled in a sinister plot that could shake the foundations of the world as he knows it. Whispers of an uprising in the east reach …

Alexandre Dumas’ venerated classic tells a story that weaves together passion, romance, intrigue, and action into a single masterfully-told tale. The story follows d’Artagnan as he journeys into …

Presented as Moll’s autobiography, and published anonymously, the novel, through its self-made protagonist, highlights the intricacies and double standards of Moll’s contemporary society, and offers …

Nimai Bhattacharya (10 April 1931 – 25 June 2020) was a writer of Bengali literature who was born in Magura’s Shalikha. He died on 25 June 2020 in Kolkata, aged 89. He wrote more than 150 books, one …

Never published in its author’s lifetime and intended solely for his own children, to whom he read it every Christmas, The Life of Our Lord is an accessible and gently humorous take on the life of …

Controversial, scandalous, erudite and funny, Ulysses is undisputedly a landmark of twentieth-century modernism. It charts one day – 16th June 1904 – in the lives of three inhabitants of Dublin: the …

Suffused with eroticism and focusing on the corrupting influence of power, The Monk pioneered a shocking new form of Gothic novel, where elements such as mob violence, incest and brutal murders …