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Calico Road runs through a tiny Lancashire hamlet up on the edge of the moors, miles from anywhere. Its folk are an independent breed - and in 1827 they are a thorn in the side of the vicious mill owner in the valley below.

It is 466 BC. Blackmailed into spying for Sparta's hated secret police, High Priestess Iliona has no option but to play along with its ruthless commander, Lysander. But as the purpose of the mission unfolds, Iliona comes to realize that the threat to her country doesn't come from the arch-enemy, Athens; it comes from deep within Sparta itself.There is a traitor in the team that Lysander has sent to Sicily with her. But who is it?

Now a wealthy young widow, former peasant girl Siana Forbes has overcome her humble beginnings to become mistress of Cheverton Manor, the handsome estate which her infant son, Ashley, will one day inherit.

Shanghai 1920. Anastasia bears an extraordinary resemblance to the princess of the same name, but she is suffering from amnesia.

Rachel Smedling is not like other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her.

Romanzo storico lucido e intelligente, e ispirato a quel triagolo amoroso che fece chiacchierare tutta l'Europe di fine '700. Le vite di Sir William Hamilton, ambasciatore inglese a Napoli; di sua moglie l'affascinante Emma; e di Lord Nelson...

Lancashire, 1858. Annie Hallam has at last found complete happiness. She has three healthy children and adores her husband Frederick. After years of struggling to make a living in Blisden, Annie knows she deserves to enjoy her life. But worries are imminent.