Narrative theme: Politics

A Ripple from the Storm

The third book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner’s ‘Children of Violence’ series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain.

The Four-Gated City

The fifth and final book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner’s ‘Children of Violence’ series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain.

The Wolf Hall Trilogy – Bring Up the Bodies (The Wolf Hall Trilogy)

Now a major TV series

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012

Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction

‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’Daily Mail

‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’Independent on Sunday

The Wolf Hall Trilogy – Bring Up the Bodies (The Wolf Hall Trilogy, Book 2)

Now a major TV series

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012

Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction

‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’Daily Mail

‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’Independent on Sunday

Enchantments

From one of the most admired literary voices of our time, a magical, riveting story of doomed love, set at the fall of Russia’s last Tsar.

After the Lockout

An ambitious and compelling first novel about a key moment in Irish history.

The Good Terrorist

A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era and winner of the Nobel Prize for Fiction.

A Book of Common Prayer

An engrossing novel about political and personal life in Central America, from the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking.

The Last Thing He Wanted

A thrilling and exhilarating exploration of U.S. politics in Central America from Joan Didion, the hugely acclaimed author of The Year of Magical Thinking.

A Book of Common Prayer

An engrossing examination of political and personal life in Central America, from the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking. Writing with the economical swiftness and concentrated perception that has made her one of America’s most distinguished writers, Joan Didion creates a gleaming novel of innocence and evil.

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