Allison: 698 books

The celebrated creator of Paddington Bear creates another recipe for adventure for his heroes Monsieur Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites Monsieur Pamplemousse is looking forward to a well-earned break in the South of France courtesy of his employer – all he has to do is collect a piece of artwork...

The esteemed creator of Paddington Bear concocts another delicious escapade for Monsieur Pamplemousse and star sniffer dog Pommes Frites Monsieur Pamplemousse finds himself in deep water when an unfortunate collision with a Mother Superior is caught on camera by the French tabloids. To avoid...

The beloved creator of Paddington Bear provides another taste of mystery for crime-solving duo Monsieur Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites When the Director of Le Guide offers up a holiday on the Canal de Bourgogne, Monsieur Pamplemousse is unaware that there are strings attached – several, in...

Sixth century Byzantium. The Emperor Justinian is determined to reunite the whole of the Roman Empire and his best general, Flavius Belisarius, is poised to invade Italy. Flavius and his men march north unopposed until the local senators of Naples refuse to surrender and a bloody assault ensues. Rome,...

Boondoggle – The Scavenger Hunt Redefined™ - is an exciting adventure that awaits you and your guests. In a few simple steps you can create a party like no other: - Invite the Guests - Plan the Course - Create the Clues - Send the teams on an outrageously fun race A BOONDOGGLE has...

Wind Rider Chronicles - Book 1 Threatening clouds and fierce storms besiege the city of Tyroc. More frequent and powerful than ordinary storms, young Elowyn, a weaver's daughter living in the outskirts of the city, senses something disturbing and unnatural about them. She soon realizes that...

This book is truly a love-service of noteworthy magnitude. To memorize hundreds of poems and then arrange them into sequences, creating gems of intertextuality, and then to go out into the world and offer this as an example of the newest form of an ancient practice, to get up in front of people and...

NO FIGHTING MAN CAN GO INTO THE BATTLE THINKING OF DEATH, FOR TO DO SO IS TO RISK BRINGING ON THAT VERY FATE 11th Century Italy. The domination of the Normans, the most feared warriors in Christendom, is causing trouble. At their head is Robert de Hauteville, the 'Guiscard', who has colonised...

Captain Edward Brazier is on a mission: recently paid off from his frigate and comfortable with prize money, he is headed to Deal to propose marriage to the young and lovely widow Betsey Langridge. He must navigate the bustle of the town’s narrow streets that are busy with illicit and depraved business...

Fourteenth-century Italy: a country in upheaval as desperate cities struggle against both each other and venal Papal rule. Unable to rely on their own citizens to fight their battles, cities and Popes are forced to pay vast amounts of money to mercenary captains to fight on their behalf. Hawkwood,...

1787, Kent. Captain Edward Brazier is devastated to find Betsey, the woman he wants to marry, imprisoned in her own home by her brother, Henry Tulkington, and trapped in an illegal marriage. With Brazier suspected of acting as a spy for a prime minister seeking to halt smuggling activity on the coast,...

Will the might of the Byzantine Empire crush the ambitions of the warrior brothers? Eleventh century Italy. The Byzantines rule the South, but do so in the face of constant revolt from their unwilling subjects – a strife that extends from the great trading ports to the rich agricultural lands...

During the sixth century of the Byzantium Empire, corruption is rife. The country is in turmoil and Flavius Belisarius, steeped in military lore, expects to join his father’s cohort, as have his three brothers, to help protect the border of the Eastern Empire. Flavius’s father Decimus is...

The final book in the heart-stopping trilogy that began with Mercenaries. In twenty years the de Hauteville brothers have gone from penniless obscurity to become the most potent warrior family in Christendom: depended on by the Pope, feared by Byzantium and respected by the Holy Roman Emperor....