Perfecta Saxonia

King Alfred never achieved his dream of uniting the disparate Anglo-Saxon kingdoms into one Perfecta Saxonia.The man destined to fulfill Alfred's dream is his grandson, Athelstan, as the spark of unity begins in the Saxon kingdom of Wessex. Abandoned by his father and raised by his...

The dark(ly comic) side of MI5

Mick Herron has brought his own unique style to the spy genre. His books are set in Slough House, a dumping ground for spies who've messed up. The leader of the pack is Jackson Lamb, a foul-mouthed, apparently washed-up old Moscow hand who turns out to be far handier than he first appears. And hilariously, gloriously, offensive. The books have now been turned into a TV series starring Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas....