Bettany's BookPrim, an aid worker in the Sudan, is contacted by her sister Dimp, who is back in Australia. She has come into possession of revealing documents concerning their ancestors: transported from Manchester, their great grandfather was the son of a convict, while their great grandmother was not only a convict too, but Jewish. As the story unfolds, through letters and a journal, of how John Bettany made his fortune, and of Sarah's time in the notorious

The natural choice for the great diplomatic voyage to seal the peace with the last of the Emperor's last enemies

Peter Ho Davies's thought-provoking and profoundly moving first novel traces a perilous wartime romance as it explores the bonds of love and duty that hold us to family

John Ray Horn lives on the margins of post-World War II Los Angeles

freaking out) as an intergalactic battle raged and an ancient superweapon threatened to obliterate Earth

Witnesses to the death are plentiful

Mata Zyndu

The legend continues

a daughter is born

after a fall from his horse

taste the addictive delights of power

Thomas Paine Kydd is in Halifax enjoying the recognition and favour of his fellow officers when Tenacious is summoned to join Horatio Nelson's task-force on an urgent reconnaissance mission

The millionaire's death shocked the townsfolk of Stansfield