The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

Paul Strathern

"A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money and ambition. Against the background of an age which saw the rebirth of ancient and classical learning - of humanism which penetrated and explored the...

Evie's War

Anna Mackenzie

They offered up the innocence of a generation...Evie is 18, straight out of school and excited by the prospect of a tour of Europe. Instead, she finds herself immersed in war; first in the Home Counties - where the young New Zealander is confronted not only by society's restrictions and her family's exp...