The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life.' David Kynaston Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In The Book at War,

Anderson's extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim

Stephen Booth's incredible new novel is awash with mystery

he needs to know whether he was an innocent bystander - or a killer

and the new religion is threatened by new barbarisms

As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true

1 crime writer' DAILY MIRROR

Felix Charlock

The King of Swords

From the highly acclaimed author of Mary

Jacob Grossman: who disappeared in 1972 and has never been seen since - until now

And when a vital message encrypted with a notoriously unbreakable code is intercepted

The famous story of mass escape from a WWII German PoW camp that inspired the classic film