Michael Hordern

Mistaken for a foreign correspondent, a mild-mannered wildlife writer is sent to a fictional African country on the eve of a war. He flounders through a sea of wild rumors and sleazy journalists desperate for a story.

"In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VIII, Lady Jane Grey disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn't much she could do about it. Then,...

Somebody up there likes me, is the inspiring tale about Rocky Graziano's rise from poverty and rage to the middleweight title. Cool hand Luke has prison loner Luke Jackson wining the respect of his fellow inmates when he refuses to cower before the chain gang boss. In Harper, hard-boiled private investigator Lew Harper is hired to locate a missing millionaire. In The Mackintosh man, Joseph Rearden is British Intelligence's man on the inside. It's...