Seriously British'This book is my love letter to the UK, and a celebration of all of the things that I have come to adore, from its food and wine to its history and villages. Vive les Anglais!' This is what (a lot of) the French think about the UK: the food is bland and boring the wine is undrinkable it's always raining and grey the British don't have sex they're meek, mild and reserved they've got no sense of style they're arrogant And anyway, who would want to swap

'Dazzling' Chris Whitaker

From the gutters of Seven Dials

and talk of war feels far away to Henry Gaunt

Why do people everywhere

The challenges faced by a dauntless woman in this man's world leave a deep impression on the reader' LINDA PORTER

she must choose between her village and her future

he was indicted for 'mass murder'

Inside the walls of their old cottage they make music

and a thought-provoking examination of the British slave trade and its legacy' MARIAN KEYES

a recurring nightmare

stranded in a tiny boat on the enomous Amazon and facing new threats from the surrounding wildlife

Now Qwilleran