Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives'Utterly, utterly brilliant. Fizzing with energy, wit and insight' Tracy Borman, bestselling historian Biggest books to look out for in 2024 The Guardian At eighteen, your life is full of of what ifs and why nots. You have everything to look forward to yet childhood is already behind you. From a young Elizabeth Tudor facing deadly intrigue at court to a teenage Richard Burton, the rugby obsessed son of a Welsh miner, historian Alice Loxton explores

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Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself - and her family history - in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved Number One Sunday Times bestselling All Souls series

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As puritanical fury increasingly replaces her benevolent faith

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intense and has a momentum as irresistible to the reader as the moral danger that first enchants

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he uncovers a deadly secret in the silt and mud of the local canals that he'll realise was better kept buried

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