Books published by Troubador Publishing

One of the most notorious Victorian murders was committed by Dr George Henry Lamson, who stood trial in 1882 for poisoning his crippled brother-in-law Percy Malcolm John; he was found guilty, sentenced to death, and executed.

J.C. Squire (1884-1958) bestrode the literary world of the inter-war era like a colossus. A poet, journalist, editor of the New Statesman and presiding genius of the London Mercury, he was much adored and - as a combative traditionalist - much reviled. Evelyn Waugh satirised him in Decline and Fall.

We typically think of a 'chatterbox' as someone who talks a lot but I prefer 'a person who likes to chat'. Isn't that what we all want for our children? A love of language and talking?

Dark Dante unfolds in Florence in the spring of 2000, exactly seven hundred years after Dante Alighieri set his Inferno there; disgusted with the corruption of his contemporaries, the poet decides to punish the ill-doers of his day in his magnificent poem.

This is the story through the centuries of a Highland Clan with its ancient homeland on the mainland facing Skye in northwest Scotland. It is a story of survival against the odds.

Covers the moment in history when the English Government was trying to introduce a form of Irish self-rule that would unite the whole country. Set in late nineteenth century Ireland, this is a fresh and original story told by ten-year-old narrator, Brede.

On the night Odie May and her married lover are due to celebrate him leaving his wife, Odie goes out to buy a bottle of his favourite wine and, on her way home, is murdered by a woman in a lime green coat.

The second in the 'Chocolate House Mysteries' series, The Devil's Cathedral captures all the energies of the early eighteenth-century stage with its ruthless ambitions and jealousies. The book weaves its classic whodunit plot around the actual events of April-May 1708.

In 1870, 17-year-old apprentice bookbinder Etienne Bonin travels from revolutionary Lyon to even more revolutionary Paris seeking excitement and professional opportunity, and by the spring of 1871 is deeply committed to the insurrection for workers' power.

Mozzy is a cook in a struggling safari business in sub-Saharan Africa and dreams of escaping the perilous wilderness and his despised employer to become head chef in an upmarket restaurant in London.

This book will be a great help to the A Level Psychology student. It gives lots of opportunity to practice those all-important Research Method skills which examiners like to see.

The Colour of Hope is a poetry collection with happiness at its heart. The 45 poems inside were created during lockdown, at a time when finding beauty and comfort in the everyday seemed at once fraught with difficulty and vitally important.

Nurturing Soft Skills introduces the COACH framework to help parents nurture Confident, Outgoing, Articulate, Creative and Happier children, who feel empowered to try new things and believe they can always bounce back if success is not immediate.

An Insider's Guide to Cosmetic Surgery is jam-packed with handy insider tips and tales, plus interactive charts which will give you confidence, ensure your safety, and help you to make your recovery comfortable, easy and fast.

David Easton believed his life was in complete ruins. He managed to scrape together just enough money for a one-way ticket on the fabulous Oceanis. The problem was that he never dreamt that while counting down the hours until his death, he would meet Diana...

The worm is turning!For years, Leaseholders of Flats have suffered under current Landlord and Tenant legislation and practices - owning a Lease has been an expensive exercise for many (over which they have had little control)

Often history is told by the victors, or by those who did not witness it. Trilussa was a witness, and with his art, a victor. He documented Roman and Italian society in poems and fables, from Italy's birth in the late nineteenth century, to its rebirth after the Second World War.

Why repeat endless drills when players are not in the army?Why queue when all players can be actively involved throughout?

Promised Land opens in AD 413, centred on the Roman town of Burdigala (Bordeaux). Led by their King Athaulf, the town is occupied by the Visigoths who, for almost four decades, have travelled the Empire seeking a place to settle.

Jenna and Jessica Tipple are identical twins. The tipple family's secret gift is magic - the good kind. Unfortunately, when they enrol at Chumsworth School, they discover that the head mistress, Miss Snippings, has an unnatural dislike of twins and an unhealthy interest in witchcraft.