New This Month

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble, Machiavelli: His Life and Times is a gripping new biography of Niccolò Machiavelli, the author of the hugely influential political treatise, The Prince. As much a portrait of an age as of a uniquely engaging individual, Lee’s definitive biography reveals the man behind the myth, following him from cradle to grave and uncovering hitherto unobserved connections between Machiavelli’s life and thought. Also read by Jonathan Keeble is H.G. Well’s science-fiction classic, The Island of Doctor Moreau, about a castaway on an uncharted island and the infamous scientist conducting macabre experiments there. We also have more fiction by Robert Louis Stevenson with The Master of Ballantrae, a compelling tragedy that shifts from the Scottish Highlands to the Wild West of America, as well as the second instalment of The Forsyte Chronicles, the magnificent trilogy by the Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy.

Thanks to the invidious reputation of his most famous work, The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli exerts a unique hold over the popular imagination. But was Machiavelli as sinister as he is often thought to be?

The shipwrecked Edward Prendick is rescued by the passing ship Ipecacuanha, which is carrying a cargo of animals. On board he comes across Montgomery, who appears to have a grotesque servant named M’ling.

Told by servant Ephraim Mackellar, The Master of Ballantrae is set at the time of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and portrays the Durie family. James abandons his ancestral home to support the Jacobites…

Volume 2, A Modern Comedy, focuses on Soames’s vivacious daughter, Fleur. Soames tries constantly to protect her but is baffled by the carefree attitudes in post-war London. In their elegant, fashionable house…

The NAB Blog: E.F. Benson and Social Satire

The author of the ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels, E.F. Benson came from a notable family. Born in 1867 he was the third son of Edward White Benson, Headmaster of Wellington College and later Archbishop of Canterbury, and the younger brother …

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