Nelson: The Sword of Albion

John Sugden

Sugden brilliantly interweaves graphic accounts of Nelson's famous victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar with his lesser-known yet equally gripping campaigns to liberate the Italian states from French domination and his role in the blockade of Malta, often snatching remarkable t...

Expectation

Anna Hope

'Profoundly intelligent and humane. Deserves to feature on many a prize shortlist' GUARDIAN'A brilliant exploration offriendship, feminism and thwarted ambition' PANDORA SYKES'If you wished Normal People had tackled female friendship, try Expectation' GRAZIAWhat happened to the women we were supposed to...

The Trouble with Happiness: and Other Stories

Tove Ditlevsen

A shimmering collection of stories from the author of The Copenhagen Trilogy, translated into English for the first timeA newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife's beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surfac...