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A thrilling mystery in Jacobean England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches.Not everyone is ready to welcome the new king of England…Nottingham, England, 1603Queen Elizabeth’s long reign has finally come to an end and the Tudor era is over...

A twisty mystery set in Elizabethan England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches. Is a curse plaguing Nottinghamshire…? Nottingham, England, 1596. A routine hanging at Gallows Hill is disrupted when a wild woman begins screaming a curse on the execution site, calling down nightly visitations from the undead to claim the souls of the living. County Bailiff Edward Mountsorrel attempts to pursue her, but she vanishes into thin air. Nightly thereafter, Gallows Hill is the scene of ghastly happenings that Edward is ordered to investigate.

A gripping mystery set in Tudor England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches. Is it an open and shut case…? Nottingham, England, 1593 Town Bailiff Francis Barton has been arrested for the murder of his former lover, the widow Agnes Timberlake, and the case against him is a strong one.

Sam Green tiene muchísimas, pero muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas, muchísimas ganas de que llegue el día de su undécimo cumpleaños. O sea, muchísimas. Está impaciente. De hecho, desearía que todos los días fueran su cumpleaños. EL CUMPLEAÑOS DE SAM ESTABA A PUNTO DE TERMINAR. ¡Y ENTONCES LA VIO! ¡UNA ESTRELLA FUGAZ! ¡Grandísima, surcando el cielo! Era impresionante, como un cometa, o un cohete, o fuegos artificiales.

Dive back in time to Elizabethan England! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir and Anthony Riches. Tudor power is under threat… Nottinghamshire, England, 1591Two of Queen Elizabeth I’s justices have been murdered within a week of each other, along with a woman who was involved with one of them and a man who had been awaiting trial by the other.

Nottingham, England, 1590: County Bailiff Edward Mountsorrel and Town Bailiff Francis Barton have vowed to root out the criminals of Nottinghamshire and bring them to justice. But after acting on information from a questionable source, Edward is tricked into allowing several deer to be stolen from a local estate. Furious, he sets about tracking them down. Meanwhile, Francis is asked to investigate the disappearance of Nell, a young woman who was last seen at a local alehouse with a wealthy stranger.

Bloomsbury presents Kyan Green Battles the Multiverse by Colm Field, read by Toyin Omari-Kinch. It’s time to race across the multiverse and save not just one world, but all of them! Kyan Green is getting the hang of racing through the multiverse in the Infinite Race. If he’s driving a...

Bloomsbury presents Kyan Green and the Infinity Racers by Colm Field, read by Theo Solomon. The first book in a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat adventure series from exciting debut author Colm Field. Fans of Danny Wallace, Ben Miller and Rob Biddulph's Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City will...

When a brothel madame is murdered, it looks as if a centuries old witch’s curse on the land has claimed another victim. But as DCI Mike Saxby and his team investigate the background history of the building, other, more sinister, motives emerge. Then a local journalist who had been investigating that same unhappy history is the next to meet a grisly end, and a further discovery by police results in a race against time to prevent a national disaster.

England, 1154. With King Henry II taking the throne, the long civil war that has ravaged England has finally come to an end. But conflict is now coming from overseas. Henry has inherited territories over the English Channel that are being contested by King Louis VII of France. And the new king's marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine is strained—and becomes even more so when he threatens the Church of England and Thomas Beckett.

England, 1120. When Henry I dies with no legitimate male heir, the nation is thrown into chaos. The two rivals for the crown are Henry's daughter Matilda and his nephew Stephen of Blois, both of whom are determined to emerge victorious. A bitter struggle ensues which threatens to reduce England to a barren wasteland and many ordinary people find themselves torn apart from each other in the confusion of deciding which side to fight for. 

England, 1110. When King William Rufus of England is killed mysteriously during a hunting accident in the New Forest in 1100, his younger brother Henry, who had been present, loses no time in riding hard to claim both the Treasury and the crown. Rumors quickly being swirling that Henry was himself responsible for Rufus's death. One of Henry's main accusers is his older brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, who believes the throne of England is his by right and threatens to invade from across the Channel.

England, 1065: The Saxon kingdom is under threat of invasion at both ends. From the north comes Harald Hardrada of Norway intent on pillage, while across the Channel, Duke William of Normandy is about to enforce his claim to the throne. Between the two lie the villages and townships defended only by part-time armies maintained by the Earls of Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria, barely united under King Harold Godwineson. It falls to brave and determined young men like Will Riveracre and Selwyn Astenmede to stand firm against whichever marauding invader reaches them first.

"Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night. Sailed off in a wooden shoe. Sailed on a river of crystal light. Into a sea of dew. . ."