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After his enemies seize the Scottish crown, Robert the Bruce travels to England to seek the help of its king. But Edward proves a treacherous ally, and Robert must soon fight to save his nation. Book two of the Braveharts Chronicles.

This fourth title in the War at Home series, following the fortunes of the Hunter family and their servants, is set against a backdrop of 1917 U-boat attacks, food shortages and German bombing campaigns.

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’ Morland Dynasty has now reached 1919. The Great War is over, but its aftermath presents fresh challenges. While Teddy heads for France and Polly visits New York, others simply resolve to keep on dancing. Slightly off-mint.

Why visit a graveyard if you have no one to mourn? For Lorna Rhoads cemeteries can be repositories of stories, outdoor sculpture parks, habitats for birds and wildlife, gardens and oases of tranquillity. Her worldwide, illustrated directory includes burial grounds of all faiths, famous graveyards such Père Lachaise, Boothill and the Taj Mahal, war graves and memorial parks, catacombs, dolmens and even an underwater cemetery – the Neptune Memorial Reef for those lost at sea.

Retaining conscription after the Second World War, Britain required all young men to serve for 18 months (and after 1950, two years) unless employed in an exempt trade. Through interviews with 27 men across all the services and throughout the period of National Service, this book characterizes the experiences that shaped a generation, from fighting in Korea, Malaya, Kenya and Egypt to whitewashing coal in the local barracks.

Freed by the death of her husband, Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine is the most powerful woman in medieval Europe. However, the bitter rivalry between her sons challenges even her indomitable spirit.

The screenwriter of Wallander joins forces with Sweden’s leading investigative journalist to produce this page-turning fictionalized account of a real-life family struggling to choose between old crimes and a new life, between redemption and revenge.

After a false rape accusation, Philip’s life falls apart. In order to escape an impossible situation, he fakes his own death and ends up homeless. Naive and vulnerable, he gets involved with an animal-rights activist, and his life takes an even more sinister turn.

Winnie, Bella and Frankie are very different women who develop a close friendship when they join an East End ambulance crew during the Second World War. This is the first title in Hendry’s saga, inspired by her father’s wartime experiences.

Ex-conman Jerry and recently widowed Charlotte attempt to put their murky pasts behind them and embark on a relationship. Their lies and deceits start to surface, however, and when Charlotte disappears, Jerry becomes the number-one suspect.

When Florence Nightingale’s god-daughter is murdered on a train, Nancy Mitford and her maid Louisa Cannon find themselves in pursuit of a sinister killer. This novel is the first in a mystery series featuring the real-life Mitford sisters and based on actual crimes.

While her husband was serving as a British Army captain, Evelyn Shillington travelled with him whenever she could. She kept a regular diary starting with their arrival home from Hong Kong in 1935, through the turbulence of the Second World War, to a stint in post-war Italy in 1946. As well as commenting on the political situation, the diaries include gossip, humour and even a meeting with Princess Elizabeth.

Emily Holleman’s novel opens as the Pharaoh lies dying in Alexandria. As Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy vie for the throne, their sister Arsinoe must choose which to support. This is the sequel to Cleopatra’s Shadows.

Phyll Macdonald-Ross was a trainee nurse at Hackney Hospital in London’s East End when war was declared in September 1939. Her memoir recalls the rigid discipline and hard work of nursing, and the harrowing experience of tending the injured and dying during the Blitz in London, but also friendship and mischief, and the beginning of a lifelong love affair. The story was presented in 2015, Phyll’s 95th year, by her grandson ID Roberts.

Still running her sweet shop in Derbyshire, Rosie is now engaged to Stephen, the son of the local posh family – but will the course of true love run smoothly? Jenny Colgan provides a 'previously in the world of Rosie Hopkins' synopsis for Sweetshop newcomers.

In the Great Hiatus (after the Reichenbach Falls incident), Sherlock Holmes is in America with Henry James investigating the 'suicide' of Clover, wife of Henry Adams. James is disturbed by a deeply troubled Sherlock as the great detective questions what is real and what is not in Dan Simmons's literary hall of mirrors.