Sovay - Celia Rees

Sovay - Celia ReesFrom the author of the bestselling and award winning WITCH CHILD, comes another outstanding historical novel. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and its impact on British politics, this action driven novel shows once again that Celia Rees is one of our very best writers for teenage readers. Wild and beautiful, spoilt and wilful, Sovay finds that her cosseted upbringing in rural England has not prepared her for life as a highway robber,

Contributions from Albert Einstein

Drawing on examples from the ancient Greeks and Romans and from Machiavelli’s contemporaries

of doing your research: knowing your enemy is key

From the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles

Rauch reveals that this downturn is instead a natural stage of life – and an essential one

And sure enough

Presenting over a thousand exemplars in vivid and engaging translations

cultures and ideas that continue to shape political and ideological battles of the modern world

By the time it passed

you will find everything from home-made beef slices to cheese

In these five stories

Kit Fournier is a senior diplomat at the US embassy in Grosvenor Square