Lucy Scott

A leading industrialist of the 19th century, Andrew Carnegie was one of America's most successful and generous businessmen. The autobiography tells of his rise to power, from humble beginnings in Scotland to controlling the biggest steel empire in the history of the United States. In The Gospel of Wealth he writes about his philanthropy, revealing the reasons that famously led him to donate over 350 million dollars during his lifetime.

In 1539 Henry VIII is an ageing, sick king who desperately wants another male heir. He needs to marry again and the chosen bride is Anne of Cleves. The later years of Henry's life are chronicled by Anne of Cleves and Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford.

Naive Camilla Tyrold is in love with Edgar Mandlebert, a noble young man, but must suffer a series of misunderstandings that threaten their happy union. Her sister Eugenia, destined to inherit her uncle’s great wealth, is plagued with misfortune as she is left disfigured by smallpox and men court her for financial gain only. Meanwhile their cousin, beautiful but selfish Indiana, never finds a fortune for her good looks.

Lisbeth Fischer has lived in the shadow of her beautiful cousin Adeline for much of her life. Pampered while Lisbeth works in the fields, Adeline makes an enviable leap in status when Baron Hulot offers her his hand in marriage. Out of kindness, they bring Lisbeth to Paris, where she falls in love with the artist Wenceslas, her protégé. However, when she is jilted for Adeline’s daughter Hortense, her jealousy and rage exponentially intensify, and she resolves to bring the Hulot family to ruin, employing the cold seductress Valérie Marneffe as her vehicle for revenge. A classic tale of obsession, self-destruction and unabated desire, Cousin Bette is a blazing portrayal of libertine France, and the fatal excesses which drive the novel to its dark end.

June 1837. She should have remained in the care of her sour aunt in Chalke Bissett, but eager to be reunited with her beloved father, Liberty Lane heads for Dover. But there an anonymous note awaits, informing her of his death by duel, and commanding her to stay put.

Attempting to win back the family estate that had been gambled away by their father, twins Abagail and Rachel Beverley learn a lesson about love when Abagail sets her sights on Harry Devers and sees his true colors.  Book 3 of series.

the Wars of the Roses may be drawing to an end but England and the Court are still in turmoil. Isobel, a silkweaver and mistress to Richard of York, manages to cut through the turmoil with her clever ways. Her sister is mistress to Edward IV - do these two women hold the keys to power?

The haughty Beverley family is obsessed with regaining Mannerling, the exquisite 17th-century mansion gambled away by their now-deceased father, Sir Beverley. Three of the six Beverley daughters have failed to win back their ancestral estate - settling for love matches over mere bricks and mortar. Now it is Rachel's turn to woo the latest eligible bachelor-in-residence, handsome widower Charles Blackwood. Yet her plan to win the autocratic Charles almost comes to naught: At their first meeting, Rachel forgets herself and admonishes Charles for neglecting his two small children. The antics of young Beth and Mark Blackwood successfully throw Charles and Rachel together, but does Rachel love Charles for himself or for Mannerling?  Book 4 of series.

A funny and informative account of the author’s solo journey across China by bus, train and mule. Along the way she learns some kung fu and calligraphy, eats stewed dog and drinks yak-butter tea.

These are the secret agent case files of Amelia Kidd who has saved the world many times, thanks to her great disguises and gadgets.

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As boys, the two Fraser cousins shared everything. But when Martin inherits the family estate Jim is left with nothing. Embittered and alone he apparently commits suicide, and people are secretly relieved, but Laura Thyme and Rosemary Boxer wonder... is he really dead?

Molly Lefebure, accepts a job as a secretary to a London pathologist during the Second World War. She thought it would provide good experience as she wanted to be a writer. Here she recounts her fascinating experiences, full of murders and corpses.

In 1526 Hans Holbein the Younger arrives at the home of Sir Thomas More to paint the family. There he finds himself drawn to More’s foster daughter Meg, as is another visitor. Meg loves one, but marries the other in this tale of love, and political and religious turmoil.

Tim Heald's vivid and elegant biography is written with help from those closest to Princess Margaret - her family, three of her private secretaries, and many of her ladies in waiting - using material from the royal archives.

In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park.

Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with Gil: a charismatic, married doctor.

One spring afternoon they receive a call about a disturbance from a derelict house not far from Helen's home. A thirty-seven-year-old man called William Tapping, with a beard down to his waist, has been discovered along with his elderly aunt. It is clear he has been shut up in the house for decades, but when it emerges that William is a talented artist, Helen is determined to discover his story.

Seven years ago Pierre Massot, head of a great Parisian jewellery firm, disappeared. Now his wife Sophie wants the family and firm to move forward, but has enemies who are against this. Why did Pierre disappear, and what secrets has he tried to conceal?

It is the once-every-century Cloud-Wish Festival in the magical world of Strofadia, and Flick and Jonathan have travelled via suitcase to be a part of it.

Strofadia is a land of flight and fantasy, where the people are born with wings and the great floating mountains are seen as the source of fantastic power. There are three floating mountains, with the largest being known as the home of the great Cloud Dragon - keeper of magic and granter of wishes. The people of Strofadia take their magical wishes (in the form of a physical bead-like object) to the dragon, in the hopes that the wish will be granted at the end of the festival when the dragon appears.

Flick and Jonathan have fun exploring Strofadia, but when the moons rise, there is no sign of movement from the mountain.

Will Flick and Jonathan be able to find out what happened to the dragon and save the festival and the land of Strofadia from disaster?

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