Mason: 1593 books

“The picture hangs at my lodgings here at Avignon, a stone’s throw from the Porte de la Ligne, and within the shadow of Notre Dame des Doms, though its intended housing-place was the great gallery of Blackladies. But it never did hang there, nor ever will; nor do I care that it should—no, not...

The Dean’s Elbow begins in a calm lagoon at the harbour of Canford Cliffs. It is here that Mark Thewliss brings his fiancé, Mona, to meet his pride and joy, the nine ton cutter, Sea Flower. They are to practise for a thrilling race on the sea. This is a romantic and elegant story examining the lives and loves of young 1920s socialites.

Clementina is an action-packed tale ripped from the pages of history. In 1719, Polish heiress Maria Clementina Sobieska was set to marry the Prince of Wales, but many factions in Europe opposed the union on political grounds. Will the marriage take place, or will evil machinations keep the betrothed lovers apart?

Set in the Elizabethan era, Fire Over England is the story of Robin Aubrey, whose ambition is to both serve his queen and avenge his father who fell foul of the “The Spanish Inquisition.” He assembles a small fleet with a view to help fight off the Spanish Armada, but Elizabeth’s advisor, Walsingham,...

Nahendra Nao, heir to the Maharajah of Chitipur, unwisely lets Elsie Marsh of the Casino de Paris wear his ancestral pearls, which react badly to her skin. In order to restore their lustre his secretary, Major Scott Carruthers, hires a beautiful, down-on-her-luck opera singer, Lydia Flight, to wear...

At the first glance it looked as if the midnight chimes of a clock in an old city of the Midlands might most fitly ring in this history. But we live in a very small island, and its inhabitants have for so long been wanderers upon the face of the earth that one can hardly search amongst them for the beginnings...

For centuries, presenting a comrade-in-arms with a feather was the ultimate censure and a stinging symbol of cowardice. When British soldier Harry Feversham decides to resign his post and leave the military, he is subjected to this humiliating ritual. Will his reputation ever be redeemed? Read The Four Feathers to find out.

A criminal sentenced to life in a French penal colony leaves his girlfriend to take care of his stash. When he escapes, he finds that she has spent it all on frivolous living, and he sets out to exact vengeance. Guest appearances from Inspector Hanaud and Julius Ricardo.

When Boris Waberski, brother-in-law of the wealthy widow Mrs. Harlowe, attempts to talk her English solicitors into advancing him money on his expectations as her heir, he is ignored. Unknown to Waberski, he has been disinherited in favour of Betty Harlowe, the niece of Mrs. Harlowe’s late husband....

“There were only two amongst all Pamela Mardale’s friends who guessed that anything was wrong with her; and those two included neither her father nor her mother. Her mother, indeed, might have guessed, had shebeen a different woman. But she was a woman of schemes and little plots, who watched...

Nothing’s more magical than going down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass with Alice. There, in worlds unlike any other ever created, conventional logic is turned upside down and wrong-way round to enchanting effect. Children will love reading Carroll’s many humorous nonsense verses...

Chloe Martin returns to her hometown a fallen woman. Steeped in guilt over a relationship with a married man, Chloe vows to turn her life around. She never expects to be neighbors with her old crush, Aidan North. Can Chloe let go of guilt over her past and allow herself to love again? Vice principal...

In this instant USA Today bestseller, that RaeAnne Thayne hails as "heartfelt and delightful," a wedding planner breaks her #1 rule: Never, ever fall for the groom. There's nothing Jenna Bell loves more than a happily-ever-after. That's why being a wedding planner is her dream job...