Catherine the GreatWhen Catherine II died in St Petersburg in 1796 the world sensed the loss of the most celebrated monarch of Europe something no one would have predicted at the birth sixty seven years before of an obscure German princess, Sophie of Anhalt Zerbst, later married off to the pathetic heir to the Russian throne. There were few greater transformations of fortunes in history. Sophie Catherine had come to rule in her own right over the largest state in

SOMEONE'S GOING TO DIE

Heat dirt and squalor are the backdrop to the tragedy Latifa confused and far from home the terrified victim

a Brigadier accused of high treason across the country

A dramatic but reassuring tale from the creator of the bestselling

Adrian Plass gets us laughing just long enough for the truth to slip in by the back door

but there she found a whole new world - and a whole new life

) Denton intends to write a light travel book on spiritualists

'Great to come across a new to me author who writes so well

a professor of neurology and sleep medicine

  Little does she realise the horror that lies ahead when her husband and son go missing

With sturdy tabs to turn and a die-cut handle built right into the book

This colorful compact guidebook is perfect for spending a week or less in Vienna: