Westward to LaughterYoung Alexander Nairn's adventures in the Caribbean make a spectacular and original story. To describe it s a rattling good yarn restores the original value to the cliche, but also undervalues a remarkable book. So let it be said, with surprise and delight, that the 18th century novel is alive and well, full of surprises and rewards for today's reader.

and Janet is the perfect wife for an ambitious young clergyman

lying there on the bed

Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king

Behind Hanmouth's closed doors and pastoral fa

The Last Act of Love

It was terrifically compelling

In Lancashire a grim discovery has been made: a Squires wife

Eloquent writing made me feel completely part of the story

Now his world is turned upside down as he must find out if he's really to blame

immune to all but magic

but if there's one thing the old comrades have learned it's that

Charles Spencer evokes the harsh and brutal story of the Normans from Conquest to Anarchy