The Short Reign of Pippin IVSteinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French. Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy clad Pippin, his social climbing wife Maria, his star struck daughter Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd.

welcome to Thistlecrook

1939: Julia Compton has a beautifully well-ordered life

Feared by ally and enemy alike

and help him reclaim his seat of power

Inseparable twin sisters

when she finds herself caught up in a passionate affair with the dashing and seductive Thomas Seymour

we are all alternative forms

a book about choice

Air Commodore Raymond asks Biggles

and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it

and though Gaunt tries to dissuade Ellwood from joining him on the battlefield

We'll be making all sorts of odd connections and showing you why it's almost impossible to separate fact from fiction in London