Historical Humour

Spring is in full bloom, and so is scandal… Lady Alexandra Peregrine has always been more interested in adventure than marriage. But when she finds herself unexpectedly drawn into a flirtation with the roguishly charming Magnus Berkshire, Earl of Langley, she is tempted to indulge in a harmless springtime dalliance. After all, what harm could a fleeting romance bring? Magnus has spent years dodging matchmakers and meddlesome mothers, but Alexandra is unlike any lady he’s ever met—quick-witted, bold, and entirely too tempting.

BBC Full-Cast productions of some of Aristophanes finest comedies Aristophanes was a renowned Greek playwright who wrote around 450 BC. He is considered the Father of Comedy or the Prince of Ancient Comedy. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today...

In New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands’ captivating romance, a lass targeted by an unknown foe is saved—and seduced—by a bold Highlander Edith Drummond owes her life to Niels Buchanan and his brothers. Waking after an illness to a castle overrun by rugged Highlanders is...

'A gorgeous, wildly seductive novel, shimmering with intelligence, humour and joy' - Sarah Waters Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize In 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her children travel to a monastery in Mallorca. They are there to create and to convalesce, to live a simple life...

'Sublime short stories of race, grief, and belonging . . . an extraordinary new collection' New Yorker 'Evans’s new stories present rich plots reflecting on race relations, grief, and love' New York Times, Editor’s Choice ‘Brilliant . . . These stories are sly and prescient, a nuanced...

What do you do when the apology speech you’ve written for the CEO works too well? Set against the glossy, brutal world of mainstream fashion, and told with daring precision and sly humour, Demon Butterfly is a twisty satire about the fallout an ambitious woman faces after she chooses to place...

The demons who once ran amok down there, torturing lost souls, were easy enough to subdue. The damned, left without their tormentors, have been put to work on cotton and tobacco plantations. As for the colonists, it takes all sorts to give up the comforts of home and make new lives on the infernal frontier.

When budget cuts cancel her senior softball season at Will Rogers High School, seventeen-year-old Cherokee pitcher, Sky Forest, refuses to surrender her dream. Her decision to try out for the boys’ baseball team ignites controversy throughout her school and community.

Im Winter 1884 versammeln sich auf Einladung Bismarcks die großen Mächte zu einer Konferenz, auf der ein ganzer Kontinent mit all seinen Reichtümern aufgeteilt werden soll: Afrika. Es geht um die Errettung der Eingeborenen aus Heidentum und Sklaverei – doch wer sagt, dass man an guten Taten nicht auch bestens verdienen darf? Österreich wird von Legationsrat Strinetzky vertreten, denn der Botschafter ist verhindert: Franz Liszt hat ihm ein Pianostück gewidmet, er muss üben.

'Sublime short stories of race, grief, and belonging . . . an extraordinary new collection' New Yorker 'Evans’s new stories present rich plots reflecting on race relations, grief, and love' New York Times, Editor’s Choice ‘Brilliant . . . These stories are sly and prescient, a nuanced...