London, May 1665. On a dark road outside London, a simple robbery goes horribly wrong - when the gentlemanly highwayman, William Coke, discovers that his intended victims have been brutally slaughtered. Suspected of the murders, Coke is forced into an uneasy alliance with the man who pursues him - t[...]
"Trust nothing that you've heard."
Winter 1431, a son is born to the Prince of Transylvania.
His father christened him "Vlad."
His people knew him as "The Dragon's Son."
His enemies reviled him as "Tepes"-The Impaler.
He became the hero of a nation.
We know him as Dracula.
Introducing the unforgettable Jack Absolute.
The year is 1777. As the American Revolution rages across the sea, London is swept off its feet by Jack Absolute, the dashing rogue in Richard Sheridan's comedy The Rivals. That is, until the real Jack Absolute, former captain of the 16th Light Dragoo[...]
"C.C. Humphreys takes you into a swashbuckling world you won't want to leave."--Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth Before he can become a man, he must first learn to kill... London: 1759: Life is easy for Jack Absolute, a young raconteur loved by the ladies and envied by his schoolmates. With a place s[...]
DRACULA. A name of horror, depravity and the darkest sensuality. Yet the real Dracula was just as alluring, just as terrifying, his story not of a monster but of a man - and a contradiction. For the one they called 'The Devil's Son' was both tyrant and lawgiver, crusader and mass slaughterer, tortu[...]