We wanted to take you behind the scenes at Quartet Books and have decided to share some of our printing photos with our followers…. Please see the above pictures taken at Graphius, in Ghent, last week when our book, The City of Westminster, went to press. One of the largest printers in Europe, the factory
‘Nine Love Letters is no exercise in us vs them; it is a novel about people in their un-public lives, the way they have navigated historical noxiousness, the difficulties they have in simply living.’ The Quarterly Review reviews Nine Love Letters by Gerald Jacobs. You can read the full review here and get your
Darling Baby Mine by John de St. Jorre £20 is a dramatic page-turner about the author’s search for his mother who disappeared without trace when he was four years old. Read more and get a copy here.
Summer’s Grace by Vanessa Hannam £10 is a historical fiction piece based on Vanessa Hannam’s relative George
‘He is the most famous spy of all time, a double “O” agent licensed to kill for his country, who has thrilled readers since his debut in 1953. But could James Bond have been invented by another writer a full seven years before Ian Fleming introduced him to the world? Miles Jupp investigates the strange
‘The writing, too, stands out. It reminded me of a memoir or, at times, reportage, with its rush of anecdotes, telling the stories of family, friends and neighbours in a few packed pages, moving back and forward in time, with an omniscient third-person narrator. There was something about it that felt different from other novels
‘The British figures in this book range from Catherine of Lancaster to Laurie Lee, from anonymous fighting men of the Peninsular War to kings and queens and the daughters and granddaughters of queens. It draws heavily on original and secondary sources to explain and elucidate the experiences various people have in the country, and then
Christmas release from Quartet Books
Today we celebrate the publication of Nine Love Letters by Gerald Jacobs…
NINE LOVE LETTERS by Gerald Jacobs
A HEART-RENDING TALE OF TWO FAMILIES FLEEING THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST
As violence and hatred sweep across Europe and the Middle East under the Nazis, this novel tells the story
Read the Radio Times double spread piece on forthcoming Radio 4 programme on Phyllis Bottome here: radio-times
Radio 4 programme The Woman Who Invented James Bond? is on this Saturday 10th December at 10.30am.
The Constant Liberal: The Life and Work of Phyllis Bottome was published in 2010. You can get your copy of this
‘On the surface, Invisible Threads is a novel about an English woman on a personal journey to India, and comes with many of the trappings we’d expect … The deeper issue of Invisible Threads is the terrible position of girls and women in India, and Beresford skilfully weaves visceral examples of their plight into Sara’s
