Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar removed the spectre of invasion and England is now free to seek conquests and colonies in the furthest reaches of the world. Captain Kydd joins an expedition to take Dutch-held Cape Town, a strategic imperative to secure the rich trade-route to India. Originally published: 2011

In 1665 England is facing war with the Dutch and the capital is awash with rumours of conspiracy. These are more frenetic than normal because of the recent sinking of one of the largest ships in the navy - a disastrous tragedy that could very well have been caused by sabotage. As an experienced investigator, Thomas Chaloner knows that there are ver

Jim sprang back on to the truck of the violently rocking wagon, and stared across at Manatasee. She saw him and pointed her assegai at his face. Then he saw the length of slow-match had been exposed across the last yard of trampled earth below the mound on which the queen stood. The swift flame shot along it, leaving the fuse blackened and twisted as it burned. Jim clenched his jaws and waited for the explosion. A powerful enemy. A land of second...

The residents of Atwood Farm - Caroline Atwood, her daughter, Maggie, and granddaughter Becky McCabe - proudly uphold the tradition of Olympic equestrian competition, which pits all competitors against each other regardless of gender or age. Their barn in Wellington, Florida, has trained champion horses and riders alike, but the US Olympic trials season is unpredictable. Becky, riding the fearless Dutch warmblood Sky, thrives on adrenaline in the...

George Blake was the last remaining Cold War spy. As a Senior Officer in the British Intelligence Service who was double agent for the Soviet Union, his actions had devastating consequences for Britain. Yet he was also one of the least known double agents, and remained unrepentant. In 1961, Blake was sentenced to 42 years imprisonment for betraying to the KGB all of the Western operations in which he was involved, and the names of hundreds of British...