The Undiscovered Country
By Aidan McQuade
'Why should people care about a murder during war time?' Two men attempt to solve the killing of a young boy during the Irish War of Independence in 1920.
One of Them
By Musa Okwonga
An Eton College memoir
Daisy Belle: Swimming Champion of the World
By Caitlin Davies
A tale of love, betrayal and swimming based on the true stories of champion Victorian women.
Gin Lane Gazette
By Adrian Teal
Heat magazine – 18th century style
Conversations With Spirits
By E O Higgins
The story of a dissipated genius in a borrowed hat and coat
The Wake
By Paul Kingsnorth
A post-apocalyptic novel set in 1066
Saving Bletchley Park
By Sue Black
The story of the saving of the home of modern computing
The Lifers' Club
By Francis Pryor
Archaeology can be a dirty business
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay
By Simon Napier-Bell
A one-volume insider history of the whole damn music business
The Irish Pasha
By Louise Foxcroft
The astonishing private and public lives of a maverick Edwardian Egyptologist
Empire of Booze
By Henry Jeffreys
A history of the British Empire told through drink
The House of Fiction
By Phyllis Richardson
A cultural exploration of British houses in fiction