His Last Fire is historical fiction with a contemporary feel, meticulously researched, bursting with a rich and arcane vocabulary, and written in an engaging present. A stunning new voice emerges with these strange and gem-like stories that are a rio...
Born in her father's coffee house in Change Alley, London, Sarah Battle is raised in an atmosphere of coffee, alcohol and intrigue. After witnessing the destruction and chaos of the Gordon Riots, she longs to escape her surroundings for a better life...
An utterly transporting and original historical novel about an eighteenth-century experiment in personal isolation that yields unexpected--and deeply, shatteringly human--results. Herbert Powyss lives in a large estate in the Welsh Marches, wi...
'Unsettling and strange, Sea Change, cements Nathan's reputation as one of our most interesting historical novelists.' The TimesAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'I'll be back soon, my love. Tonight, I hope.'The last Eve saw of her mother was a wave from the b...