In 1765, Joshua Pope, Esquire, a painter of portraits of certain renown is interrupted late one night by an unexpected visitor. She has a challenge for him, but not an artistic one. He was once a witness to a series of events - beginning and ending in murd
In 1765, Joshua Pope, Esquire, a painter of portraits of certain renown is interrupted late one night by an unexpected visitor. She has a challenge fo...
Presents the backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history. This is a tale of genius and greed, of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty, of the best and worst of which man is capable. It also presents the story of the invention of European porcelain.
Presents the backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history. This is a tale of genius and gre...
Presents a tale of fortunes won and lost, of paupers made rich and lords losing all. Telling this tragi-comic story, this title introduces two fascinating characters who together would change the way the world worked: the inscrutable John Law, and mercurial money itself.
Presents a tale of fortunes won and lost, of paupers made rich and lords losing all. Telling this tragi-comic story, this title introduces two fascina...
'The Thief Taker' is a compelling whodunnit set in the 18th century from the pen of Janet Gleeson, author of 'The Grenadillo Box' and 'The Serpent in the Garden'.
'The Thief Taker' is a compelling whodunnit set in the 18th century from the pen of Janet Gleeson, author of 'The Grenadillo Box' and 'The Serpent in ...
