Deadly Inheritance – An Ursula Grandison Mystery

American Ursula Grandison accompanies Belle Seldon to visit her sister, Helen, Countess of Mountstanton, commissioned by their father, multi-millionaire Chauncey Seldon, to discover what is wrong with Helen’s marriage and what has happened to her dowry. At decaying stately Mountstanton House, Ursula finds the Earl is a cold fish, the Dowager Countess of Mounstanton the [...]

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‘A Parachute in the Lime Tree’ launch- by local editor Declan Flynn

Tuesday night saw the launch of A Parachute in the Lime Tree by Annemarie Neary. This is the second fiction title to come from History Press Ireland and it has really set us on our way.  The launch was held in Pushkin House (www.pushkinhouse.org/en) based in Bloomsbury Square and I can think of few better [...]

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Alison Plowden’s Tudor non-fiction titles now available as ebooks

As an English historian and biographer Alison Plowden was an authority on the Tudor period and renowned for bringing history to life. She wrote over 25 books on the Tudor and Stuart period, including the acclaimed Elizabethan Quartet, a four-volume study of Elizabeth I’s life. These along with other Alison Plowden titles are now available [...]

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Norah Lofts ‘Suffolk Trilogy’ now available as ebooks

Norah Lofts was one of the most established and best loved authors of historical fiction in recent memory. As a best selling British author she wrote over fifty books specialising in historical fiction. One of her most acclaimed works being the Suffolk Trilogy series consisting of ‘The Town House’, ‘The House at the Old Vine’, [...]

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‘Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories’ – A Murder Squad Anthology

This September The History Press will be publishing a new addition to the Mystery Press imprint; ‘Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories’. Written by five members of the award winning Murder Squad and edited by Martin Edwards, this anthology showcases the best crime fiction that the country has to offer. Comprised of 13 short stories, [...]

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