Blackthorn Press: 164 books

In 866, the city of York was captured by a ‘Great Army’ of Viking warriors. Ten years later, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Viking army made the transition from warfare to settlement, as their leader ‘shared out the land of the Northumbrians, and they proceeded to plough and to...

Max Beer's 'A History of British Socialism' is the standard work on the subject, tracing the idea of socialism from its classical and medieval roots down to the late 1920s when the new Labour Party was preparing to take power. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the growth and...

Seamer can claim to be the longest inhabited site in Britain, the possible remains of a 10,000 year old dwelling having been found in 2010 at the Star Carr excavations along with the remains of the first domesticated dog found anywhere. In this new book, Sheila McGeown takes us from these...

Experience is an asset. That’s what Nina Fontaine’s best friend tells her when she moves from the suburbs to New York City following her divorce. As much as Nina appreciates the dating advice, she’s not interested. At forty-five, she’s spent the last fifteen years trying to fit in as...

There are at least thirteen other Scarboroughs in the world, but the Scarborough on Yorkshire's coast in England is the first and parent of all the others. This is a new account of a 2000-year old history of a place that has been Iron-Age camp, Roman signal station, Viking's lair, Angevin castle,...

Hailed by his contemporaries as the “Father of watercolour painting in this country”, Francis Nicholson’s career spanned nine decades. He witnessed the founding of the Royal Academy, the opening of the first public ‘Picture Gallery’, the founding of the National Gallery, and the Inaugural...

John Ward was a self-taught artist,the son of a Master Mariner, who began his career apprenticed to a house and ship painter in Hull. Having completed his term by 1819, aged 21, he exhibited his first painting at the Royal Academy twleve years later. By the early 1840's, he had begun to explore printmaking...

"Crazy sexy!" - Reader Review Danger. Passion. Obsession. Heir to a worthless title, Christophe Marchand knows the only way to build an empire in the twenty-first century is with single-minded focus and cold, hard pragmatism. That means no distractions. But that’s...

What makes for a successful novella and how good is Lawrence's 'The Fox'? Without the space available in the full novel, the author of a novella has to focus on a limited cast. This is usually the relationship between a couple with the occasional outsider to trigger a conflict, or bring about a realisation...

'The Princess' of the story is a spoiled, sexless woman who is thrown in with a passionate man whom she takes into her bed and then rejects. This rejection leads to his ultimate death. Lawrence again pleads his case for the necessary domination of woman by man and shows the sterility of a life lead...

***"Everything I was looking for and more!"***- Reader Review “Come to Paris.” It had been a dream Charlotte Duval was only too happy to believe in. But then she’d packed up her life in L.A. and flown across the Atlantic to find that Christophe Marchand had abandoned...

"Sexy as hell and hot as fire... It left me breathless!" - Reader Review Charlotte Duval had given everything. Just like her mother. After the whirlwind romance that brought her together with the brooding and enigmatic Christophe Marchand, Charlotte is trying to regain her...

***"... hot and heavy... I loved Nico and Angel."***- Kobo Reviewer Angel Bondesan can't decide if Nico Vitale is the worst or best thing to ever happen to her. But it doesn't matter. Because it's over. Back in the small town where she was kidnapped, Angel grieves for...

***"... had me breathless the whole time!"***- Paris Mob Reader Review *** ALL THREE EXCITING BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME *** Heir to a worthless title, Christophe Marchand knows the only way to build an empire in the twenty-first century is with single-minded focus and cold, hard...