It is 1177 in Georgia. King Giorgi has defended his throne against all the odds for 20 years and now stands on the threshold of old age, proud of the victories of his reign - but he now faces a new threat. He has no son to succeed him. But one of his daughters is Tamar. A clever, fearless girl, whom Giorgi annoints as his heir.

'The Red Queen' tells the story of the child-bride of Edmund Tudor who uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of York to ultimately ensure that her only son, Henry Tudor, triumphs as King of England.

An historical epic set in the Tudor court about the most infamous woman of the age - Anne Boleyn - and the man who loved her before she became queen. From the moment Henry Percy first glimpses Anne he is captivated and quickly proposes marriage. But a match of the heart has no place in a world where marriage is a political manoeuvre.

Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of 9th century Northumbria. Orphaned at ten, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the only English kingdom to survive the Danish assault. Originally published: London: HarperCollins,