An evocative first novel about forbidden love and the power of secrets, set between Occupied France and the modern day.

Nestling on India's southern coast lies the town of Kittur. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and its outer limits, through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants, this title presents an entire world.

Now a major motion picture directed by Academy Award-nominated Lee Daniels and starring Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, David Oyelowo, and Macy Gray.

'Crafted with unforgettable imagery and heartbreaking simplicity, Galloway's small novel speaks forcefully to the triumph of the spirit in the face of overwhelming despair.' Washington Post

'A wonderful, practically magical writer' Curtis Sittenfeld Beatrice Hempel, English teacher, is the sort of teacher students adore. Ms Hempel Chronicles is a warm-hearted novel about a young woman navigating her way into adulthood as she ushers her students into adolescence.

Introducing the novelization of a forthcoming 10-part lavish BBC2 drama series of the same name about a young Louis XIV and the creation of the Versailles palace; sweeping, sexy, utterly addictive.

If you liked the heady power and creepy hold of The Poison Tree, you'll love this hypnotic story of a college obsessed with a student's sudden death.

Battle, intrigue, murder; welcome to fifth century Britain