Confessing a MurderThe Theory of Evolution was the greatest scientific concept of its age. It was so revolutionary that its author, Charles Darwin, revealed to a friend in 1854 that even mentioning it felt like 'confessing a murder'. Both the man and his theory are still the subject of intrigue and debate. How was it that the unremarkable younger son of a rich plutocrat, who idled through school, dropped out of medical studies and looked destined to be a clergyman of

Blaise Gavender

Birds play a big part in this story

and a prequel to the previous trilogy

In this masterly debut novel

amateur jockey

day and night

Sigurd Haraldarson and his small but loyal band of oathsworn warriors are winning fame and reputation

where a rock 'n' roll band came to symbolise resistance to the regime

Count Janos Polanyi

with an introduction by Patrick Marnham

What of Leah Strauss

fat-rich country of Uberwald