Anywhere: The royal secret (Keywords)

Three years after his secret mission to Aquitaine, the poet and diplomat Geoffrey Chaucer finds himself once more embarked on royal business. After an arduous overland journey, in the spring of 1373 he reaches Florence, a city twice the size of London and the banking centre of Europe.

Phantom was - and still is - one of the most secret but most effective of the WWII Special Forces units. It was formed in 1939 with the mission of providing commanders with detailed battlefield intelligence - a task which required linguistic ability, unlimited tact and radio expertise.

This text provides an account of one woman's experiences during World War Two within the Special Operations Executive and the WRNS.

As part of the AHT guidebook series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated on the area of Norfolk. The growing importance of the 'electronic war' in the air in 1943 caused the creation of 100 Group to fly both defensive and offensive sorties employing highly secr...

A Russian secret policeman, honest and bored with his royal guard duties, witnesses the death of a street girl. From this mundane beginning, a plot unravels which reveals the truth behind that famous assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand, the trigger for World War One.

1913: naval midshipmen de Vere Smith and 'Dickie' Bird are recruited by the mysterious secret service to spy on the German Navy's plans. Narrowly escaping death at the hands of the German spymaster Klaus von Bismarck, the two midshipmen bring home the revelation that Germany intends...

Just when Mia thought she had the whole princess thing under control, things get out of hand, fast. First there's an unexpected announcement from her mother. Then Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for the brand-new crown princess of Genovia. On top of that, intriguing, exasper...

Thomas Chaloner, spy for the King's intelligence service, has been ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession. But he soon learns that the man was no vagrant - in fact, he had close links to the Earl of Clarendon, and Chaloner finds himself embroiled in a ...

Commander Lionel 'Buster' Crabb was a British naval frogman who disappeared in 1956, under mysterious circumstances following a secret dive beneath a Russian warship bringing Soviet leaders Khruschev and Bulgarin to Britain. Don Hale here tells the true story of Crabb's colourful life and who...

As World War One rumbles to a close and Russia is wracked by bloody civil war, ex-Tsarist agent Pyotr Ryzhkov is picked up by the Bolshevik secret police. He has two choices: find the Russian Royal Family, or face the firing squad. But it soon becomes clear that one choice is little bet...

With the young Queen Elizabeth newly established on her throne, Lucifer Box Esq. is now 'by Appointment to Her Majesty'. But the secretive Royal Academy seems a very different place and, approaching retirement, Box decides to investigate one last case.

Thomas Chaloner, spy for the King's intelligence service, has been ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession. But he soon learns that the man was no vagrant - in fact, he had close links to the Earl of Clarendon, and Chaloner finds himself embroiled in a ...

During the five years from May 1940 to May 1945 several thousand Allied airmen, forced to abandon their aircraft behind enemy lines, evaded capture and reached freedom by land, sea and air. Here is an in-depth look at this secret world of evasion, uncovering some treachery and many hitherto u...

This is the extraordinary story of Frano̧ise d'Aubign's progress from governess to royal mistress and thence, in secret, to the compromised position of Louis XIV's uncrowned Queen.

American Heiress Delia Chandler leaves Virginia to marry Lord Ivor Conisborough, completely unprepared for life in London and her new place within the royal circle. But beneath its dazzling facade, Delia quickly discovers a world steeped in scandal. It seems everyone has a secret, including...

During the Second World War a great secret was kept from the nation - & the enemy. Unknown to a war-torn Britain, another war of intrigue, covert operations, spies, intelligence-gathering & daring was being fought. The battlefield was the English Channel. This fictional account is bas...

Ben Tracey is having a well-deserved, restful week of birdwatching with his cousin, Annie. However, rest is the last thing they find, as they stumble across a plan to create a top-secret piece of warfare technology.

Des Curtis was one of the founding members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618's primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr dams. The author explores the ...

American Heiress Delia Chandler leaves Virginia to marry Lord Ivor Conisborough, completely unprepared for life in London and her new place within the royal circle. But beneath its dazzling facade, Delia quickly discovers a world steeped in scandal. It seems everyone has a secret, including...

Cruel betrayals, royal secrets and an ancient murder: 'Possession' meets 'The Other Boleyn Girl' in the heartbreaking story of the Princes in the Tower.