the great and the good of Paris gather at the funeral of the wealthy banker
perfectly timed and brilliantly observed" (Irish Press)"A writer of frenetic energy and imagination
Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain interweaves Barbara's personal story with riveting case histories from over thirty years of working with both children and adults at what became the Arrowsmith School in Toronto
resulting in a book that is a masterly exposition of the historian's craft
Dewey Lambdin: The King's Privateer [2019] paperback Condition:New the great and the goodA rogue officer turns privateer in this thrilling historical adventure. 1783: Officer Alan Lewrie becomes His Majesty's secret agent. Fresh from war in the Americas, Lewrie finds London a pure pleasure. Then, at Plymouth, he boards the trading ship Telesto to find out why merchantmen are disappearing in the East Indies. Between the pungent shores of Calcutta and teaming Canton, Lewrie discovers a young French captain, backed by an armada of pirates,