The White ShipThe sinking of the White Ship on the 25th November 1120 is one of the greatest disasters that England has ever suffered. Its repercussions would change English and European history for ever. King Henry I was sailing for England in triumph after four years of fighting the French. Congregating with the king at the port of Barfleur on that freezing November night was the cream of Norman society: three of his children, including the only legitimate male

In spectacularly powerful and lucid prose

a very personal account of his uncle

Which is how

alone with the world's most shattering secret

They seek refuge in Athelney

Stella Duffy

Fifty years after the events of ALTERED CARBON Takeshi Kovacs is serving as a mercenary in the Procterate sponsored war to put down Joshuah Kemp's revolution on the planet Sanction IV

and its legendary parties

And the longer he gets away with it

It contains one of Golding's most appealing female characters

has long held that the Esselrode people and their abilities are inherently

He has no family