Question of Loyalties

Winner of the Enid McLeod Award, this is a story of war and peace in the 20th century, which centres on the Fall of France in 1940. The novel's themes are treason, personal treachery, the delusions of ideology and the effect of these on both the actors and the innocents caught up in their wargames.

Question Of Loyalties

Literature & Fiction

MASSIE, ALLAN

Genre Fiction

RANDOM HOUSE UK

A novel based on the story of Eichmann's discovery, capture and execution. The scene shifts from Argentina to Israel, from London to Rome, as Franz and Becky try to come to terms with their fathers' world. By the author of "A Question of Loyalties", winner of the Scottish Book of the Year Award.

The sins of the father

Hutchinson

Ragged Lion

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Traces the life of the French writer, examines her major writings, and discusses influences on her work

Colette (Lives of Modern Women)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Penguin??Books

The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain

History

Europe

JONATHAN CAPE.

Byron was one of the greatest of all the romantic poets.

Byron's travels

Sidgwick Jackson Ltd

Arthur the King : A Romance

In Allan Massie's novel of King Arthur he cleverly uses the key points of the legend - Arthur, Merlin, his lover Morgan le Fay, his wife Guinevere, the various knights, the sword excalibur, the round table. He opens with the sword excalibur in the stone. Knight after knight, even the King of the Orkneys fails. Then comes Arthur, young and callow. He succeeds. He is the new king. You need to be well versed in the Arthurian legends to know where Massie has pillaged existing stories rather than invented his own twists to the tale. The Camelot of the novel is, incidentally, on the River Tweed. We learn a little of the origins of the magician Merlin (he was the son of a Roman centurion), how he nurtures the child Arthur, but Massie's Merlin becomes a dirty old man. Arthur's great friend and servant is Cal. Together they are involved in many a scrap. The novel is about the complete life of Arthur, how he welds the nation together, but gets involved in European wars. How the nation fragments when he isn't around to keep it in order. Massie also includes the Holy Grail in this enthralling historical novel. We may think we know the Arthurian story, but in Massie's hands it comes across freshly minted.

Arthur the King

Mythology & Folk Tales

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003

Set in the period of the barbarian invasions. Its hero is a young Roman nobleman named Marcus, the son, according to one legend, of the Archangel Michael. Marcus undergoes extraordinary experiences as he searches for meaning and stability in a twilight world where the old gods are dead or dying, but their mysteries still attract, and the new religion is threatened by new barbarisms. Marcus’s journeys take him over the empire, from Italy to Greece and Byzantium, to the camp of Alaric the Goth and the wastes of the northern forests, from a Christian monastery to the horde of Attila the Hun. His is a world where everything is possible and nothing solid, a world that is full of danger and mystery, of love and terror, of simple faith and abstruse philosophy, of cruelty, strange perversions, treachery and undaunted courage.

The Evening of the World

Orion Pub Co

A truly European monarch, Charlemagne was king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and for some of that time king of the Lombards, too. From 800, when at Mass on Christmas day in Rome, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Imperator Romanorum (Emperor of the Romans) he became the renewer of the Western Empire, which had expired in the 5th century. His dual role as Emperor and King of the Franks provided the historical link between the Imperial dignity and the Frankish kingdoms and later Germany. Today both France and Germany look to him as a founding figure of their respective countries. His nephew, Roland, was also renowned for his prowess in battle and was the inspiration for the Chanson de Roland which recounts the story of the battle of Roncesvalles, in which he died. In this original novel, the third in his trilogy, Allan Massie recreates Charlemagne and Roland the men. Narrated once again by Michael Scott, a character in his own right, Massie vividly brings to life not only their legendary battles but also the lives and loves of those around them.

Charlemagne and Roland: A Novel

Weidenfeld & N.

"Compelling...A masterly feat...A magnificent, sweeping, authoritative, warm yet wry history."
--The Wall Street Journal
In this fascinating and intimate portrait of the Stuarts, author Allan Massie takes us deep into one of history's bloodiest and most tumultuous reigns. Exploring the family's lineage from the first Stuart king to the last, The Royal Stuarts is a panoramic history of the family that acted as a major player in the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Union of the Crowns, the English Civil War, the Restoration, and more. 
Drawing on the accounts of historians past and present, novels, and plays, this is the complete story of the Stuart family, documenting their path from the salt marshes of Brittany to the thrones of Scotland and England and eventually to exile. The Royal Stuarts brings to life figures like Mary, Queens of Scots, Charles I, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, uncovering a family of strong affections and fierce rivalries. Told with panache, this is the gripping true story of backstabbing, betrayal, and ambition gone awry.

Historical

Thomas Dunne Books

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Question Of Loyalties

The sins of the father

Ragged Lion

Colette (Lives of Modern Women)

The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain

Byron's travels

Arthur the King

The Evening of the World

Charlemagne and Roland: A Novel

The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain