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The Longevity Delusion

Seamus O'Mahony

Debunking 6 myths of longevity

Average human lifespan doubled over the 20th century, not because medicine delayed ageing, but because of a reduction in premature mortality, because fewer infants, children and young adults died of i…

22 Oct 2026
An asset of Caesar: The Commander's Blade in paperback alongside an author photo of Peter Gibbons.

Peter Gibbons on Caesar: The Commander's Blade

“The period of the late Republic provides unbelievable material for a historical fiction novel”

The ancient world has always been my favourite part of history to explore. Whilst my readers are more familiar with my books set in the Viking Age and Dark Ages Britain, I think the core elements of t…

21 Oct 2026
China's African Empire book design depicting an outline of the continent of Africa merged with a Chinese golden dragon.

Paul Kenyon on China's African Empire

It began with a unicorn

It began with a unicorn, as the best stories always do. The magical beast had been spotted by the captain of China’s fifteenth century Treasure Fleet, its yam-sized head peering from above a jungle ca…

21 Oct 2026
Photography of the finished copy of The Last Handmaid alongside an author photo of Clare Whitfield.

Clare Whitfield on The Last Handmaid

“I wanted to creep into aspects of the legends surrounding Báthory”

There are so many wild myths and legends surrounding the very real person that was the Countess Erzsébet Báthory, it’s so obvious they cannot be true. As one of the perpetually curious, I wanted to fi…

08 Oct 2026
A photograph of the 4 books in the Agricola series alongside an author photograph of Simon Turney.

Simon Turney on Agricola: Conqueror

“I could very easily have filled two or even three paperbacks with the events of this period”

Actually, since I wrote a non-fiction biography of Agricola a few years earlier, I know his life and his world backwards and inside out, so crafting the character was more or less already done for me.…

03 Sept 2026

The research behind The Tailor by Tim Sullivan

Every Suit tells a story

"I always enjoy doing the research for the George Cross series of books. I’ve come to research a little late in life and annoyed I didn’t discover it sooner. It’s so informative and evocative. It’s li…

25 Aug 2026
The Last Handmaid next to an author photo of Clare Whitfield.

Author letter

Clare Whitfield letter to readers

Dear Reader,For years, I thought I knew Countess Báthory: the blood-soaked woman of myth and legend. A monster of a woman said to have bathed in virgins’ blood to cheat time. The Lady Countess has ins…

05 Aug 2026
The Last Telegram of Mrs Hudson book jacket and photo of author Mattea Orr

Mattea Orr on The Last Telegram of Mrs Hudson

“What if Sherlock’s mother and a young Mrs. Hudson solved crimes, fell in love, and basically raised Sherlock?”

I was raised on Jeremy Brett as Sherlock (thanks, Mum and Dad!), but every new adaptation grabs my attention because Sherlock’s one of my all-time favorite characters. Benedict Cumberbatch? Elementary…

04 Aug 2026
THE DEEP AND THE DROWNED

The Deep and the Drowned

A letter from the Captain

Shipmates, We are setting sail for The Crowns—a thousand islands of chaos and magic and death, a thousand chances to make our fortune. There are treasures in the old Russilan tomb…

04 Aug 2026
Conquest

An introduction to Conquest

Ferdinand Addis on the Conquest of Britain

It might seem a simple question, and easily answered. Of course Rome conquered Britain! Rome filled Britain with legions. And when the Britons faced the Romans in open battle, the Britons were slaught…

29 Jul 2026

Reds

Paul Mason on why he wrote a history of Communism

I first encountered communism two weeks after its death. The Soviet Union was dissolved on 1 January 1992; I flew into Moscow sixteen days later to meet anarchists and left-wing dissidents who had – u…

17 Jul 2026
The Knife Maker of Venice book jacket and photo of author David Gilman

David Gilman on The Knife Maker of Venice

“I am still in awe as to how all that brick, mortar and beauty were built on a swamp. There’s a story around every corner.”

My publisher, Nic Cheetham, caught me unawares during our annual meeting and asked me to write another standalone novel before the next volume in my Master of War series. I had nothing in mind, and th…

29 Jun 2026

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