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London Highlights 2012

We are excited to announce our highlights for London 2011. To read more, please search for the title using the box on the left of the screen.

Queen's Gambit / Liz Fremantle

Told through the eyes of Katherine Parr and her young maid Dorothy Fownten, this is the gripping tale of the passions and power struggles behind the Tudor throne - and the queen who outlived Henry VIII.

Winter Games / Rachel Johnson

Munich 1936: eighteen year old Daphne Linden is in Bavaria to learn German, to ski, go to the Opera, to be 'finished'. But something happened at the Winter Games that February, and Daphne still hasn't shared her secret with the person it affects most - her granddaughter. Moving between 1930s Germany and pre-crunch London, this is a dazzling tale of secrets, betrayal and two women whose lives will forever be changed.

Seducing Ingrid Bergman / Chris Greenhalgh

A heart-wrenching novel that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people: the beautiful young Ingrid Bergman and war photographer Robert Capa, a charming, womanising daredevil.

Warpaint / Alicia Foster

London, December 1942, the darkest hour of the conflict. Four women painters have been charged with summoning the bulldog spirit in their art for propaganda purposes: they must undermine the enemy with images that inspire fear, lust and hatred. Based on real historical figures, events, paintings and drawings, Warpaint unfolds over four months as the course of the war turns and the artists' lives interweave closely in a tale of truth, lies, tragedy and black comedy.

The Sacred Scroll / Anton Gill

A fast-paced, suspenseful conspiracy thriller. Special Interpol Operatives Jack Marlow and Laura Graves must unravel the ancient mystery linked to the fall of Constantinople, and find the secret relic which gives its bearer the terrifying power to bend men's wills to their own - before it gets into the wrong hands...

The Numbers Game / Chris Anderson

Or why corners should only be taken short, and teams are only as good as their worst player. Football's hidden rules revealed - a Moneyball meets Freakonomics for the most popular sport on the planet.

The North Sea / Michael Pye

A groundbreaking thousand-year history of the people and cultures who have been shaped by the North Sea. Michael Pye draws on original source material to recreate a vast sweep of history populated with intimate encounters and lively personalities.

The Sign / Thomas de Wesselow

What made Jesus's followers claim to have seen him alive again, three days after his crucifixion? It is one of the most profound of all historical mysteries. This extraordinary book, based on seven years of secret research, finally provides the answer.

Merchant, Soldier, Sage / David Priestland

A fundamental, radical look at who really rules the world. Merging analysis with a historical and cultural approach, Priestland sets out a new history of power, suggesting that we need to think anew about the forces that drove the last century.

Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death / Otto Dov Kulka

'This is one of the most remarkable testimonies to inhumanity that I know. The deeply moving recollections of Dov Kulka's boyhood years in Auschwitz, interwoven with reflections of elegiac, poetic quality, vividly convey the horror of the death-camp, the trauma of family and friends, and the indelible imprint left on the memory of a young boy who became a distinguished historian of the Holocaust. An extraordinarily important work which needs to be read.' - Sir Ian Kershaw