Fiction

A most charming collection of stories, playlets, verses and moral fragments, most likely written when Jane Austen was between the ages of twelve and eighteen.

Eighteen philosophical and spiritual compositions by a descendant of the Industrialist Richard Arkwright. Including The Ant's First Story and A Ligurian Paradise.

A humorous and sensitive tale of a boy growing up in South Wales.

The ongoing war time stories of Harriet and Guy Pringle as they move to Egypt, Jerusalem and Syria; whilst Rommel continues his march across the desert.

"It begins with a murder on a rainy night in a cul-de-sac off London theatreland. Who were the strange couple in the country bus..."

An often overlooked work, this is a fictionalised account of Margery Allinghams family history.

Familiar characters encounter new breakthroughs in the science of extra sensory perception, and the international power struggles around its control.

A complete bibliography covering the wide range of Dorothy L. Sayers detective fiction, poetry, translations, essays and plays. Also including a catalogue of contributions to periodicals, reviews, broadcasts and lectures.

This collection of folk tales was first published in Naples, in the Neapolitan dialect, by Giambattista Basile (died C. 1637) They are believed to have been collected mainly in Venice and Crete.

A compilation of essays, sketches and verse on all aspects of fishing by over 80 contributers. These include Isaak Walton, Arthur Ransome, Thoreau and many others.

Amusing sporting tales of the (mis)adventures of Mr. Sponge and a large cast of characters.

Written by two now neglected contemporaries of Dickens, this tale is full of authentic details of Portsmouth in the 1840's and 50's.

An imaginary tale of what would happen if Christ and His Disciples returned to live on earth in the author's own generation.

Charming poems for children, based on the traditional cherry stone counting rhyme.

Dylan Thomas' iconic "play for voices," completed within a month of his early death.

Part travelogue, part imagination, this unusual book takes the form of letters written during the summer of 1936.

A shape shifting ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British member of parliament.

Uses Pounds translation from the Latin as an example of superlative creative translation, as opposed to the purely literal.