By Alida Becker Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books. By Alida Becker Curl ... a literary mystery woman are brought to life. A medieval heist, a Halifax murder, a Dutch wartime ...

I’ve always loved history. For all the wild stories authors and screenwriters dream up, it’s hard to top a Roman emperor ...

In her debut novel The Berry Pickers, Canadian author Amanda Peters tells the gripping stories of Ruthie, a four-year-old ...

With her new middle-grade novel replete with tales of child trafficking and homelessness, Nabi draws illuminating parallels between Victorian and modern-day London.

The medieval historian and former ... a marvel of readable historical scholarship. Geoffrey Chaucer, 1392 I much prefer fact to fiction, but some fiction illuminates the past just as well.

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King Arthur’s Country (Pen & Sword Books Ltd, £25, available from Pen & Sword, Amazon and bookshops) comes from St Leonard’s-on-Sea author Christopher Gidlow.

In The Tamils, author Nirmala Lakshman draws from a wealth of historical information, original research, and her own keen observations of the community that she is part of to craft a rich and ...

Set against the backdrop of 15th-century Bohemia, fans can visit a number of its scenic sites via self-guided trails and ...

The article explores notable literary hoaxes and mystifications in Polish literature, showcasing the wit and creativity of ...

Historical mysteries ... philosophy and medieval history, and a masterclass in crime writing. Inundated with international awards and plaudits and selling over 50 million copies worldwide, it is one ...