Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

The very best of British and Irish nature writing selected by the natural history writer Patrick Barkham.

Focusing upon the provinces as well as Dublin, Toby Barnard presents an abundance of unfamiliar evidence to reveal how Ireland came to be dominated by Protestants through military defeats. Protestant control of government laid the foundations for the subjection of Catholics after the mid-1640s.

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME The stunning and shocking debut novel from the award-winning author of Maggie & Me. Set in South Africa You Will Be Safe Here explores legacies of abuse, redemption and the strength of the human spirit

This historical account of the care of insanity outside formal instruction explores key issues relating to the social history of madness from 1750 to the present day.

Helen Stockton DeFoe's world disintegrates after her mother is gunned down on the streets of Richmond. An unusual coming-of-age debut novel, narrated by a troubled teenage girl.