Rossiter Johnson 
A History of the War of 1812-15 between the United State and Great Britain 

Charles Dickens died half way through writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood , and ever since speculation has been rife as to how the tale might have unfolded. For this intriguing two-part adaptation for …

The Rover Boys in Business, also countable in The Rover Boys Series for Young Americans, was a well-known children’s book series authored by Edward Stratemeyer using the pen name Arthur M. Winfield. …

To mark the publication of Stop What You »re Doing and Read This!, a collection of essays celebrating reading, Vintage Classics are releasing 12 limited edition themed ebook  »bundles », to tempt rea …

 »The novel has everything: absorbing melodrama, with a supporting cast of heroes, villains and eccentrics » The Times When Nicholas »s father dies he, his mother and sister are left penniless. To ea …

Like all of Hardy’s work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Victorian would ever admit. A modern and honest novel of …

 »She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them. » A selection of Austen »s dark and hilarious early writings – featuring murder, drunkenness, perjury, theft, poisoning, w …

A landmark in American fiction, Light in August explores Faulkner »s central theme: the nature of evil. Joe Christmas – a man doomed, deracinated and alone – wanders the Deep South in search of an …

Avant-garde composer Albert Sanger lives in a ramshackle chalet in the Swiss Alps, surrounded by his  »Circus » of assorted children, admirers and a slatternly mistress. The family and their home lif …

Time to leap into the Cortina as Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt roar back into action in a brand new installment of Life on Mars.DCI Gene Hunt plunges into the boxing underworld – and this time, the gloves …

 »A tour de force of writing and intelligence » A.S. Byatt Discover one of the greatest first world war novels. Christopher Tietjens has long loved the beautiful young suffragette Valentine, but the …