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*** Author Fredrik Nath was 'highly commended' in the Yeovil Literary Prize for his novel "Galdir: A Slave's Tale." *** Nazi-occupied Aquitaine, 1943: Francois Dufy, alcoholic and alone, is dragged into the war effort when he rescues a young Jewish girl from the Nazi Security Police. She breathes life into his world and gives him a reason to go on. Dufy begins a path of revenge on the occupying Germans. A sniper in the Great War, he uses his skills to devastating effect, always posing as the town drunk. Then the British drop supplies and a beautiful SOE agent whom Dufy falls in love with. But as the invaders hunt down the partisans in the deep, crisp woodland, nothing works out as Dufy had hoped. 'Farewell Bergerac' is an unforgettable wartime tale of fragile love, loss and redemption.

Inspired by a true story, Francesca Pascal is a compelling World War 2 adventure from the bestselling author of Farewell Bergerac, The Cyclist and Galdir: A Slave's Tale. The Cyclist was the Historical Novels Society editor's choice; and Galdir is highly commended by the Yeovil Literary Prize. France, 1942: A Nazi Officer steals a Matisse painting which becomes a symbol of freedom against the oppressors. Francesca, an artist and conservator, grieving over the death of her daughter at the hands of German soldiers, flees Paris. She has only a handful of paintings and a desire for revenge she is ill-equipped to pursue. In the long hard winter that follows, she joins a group of Partisans in their battle to free France and salvage her culture. She becomes embroiled in a plot to recover Le Mur Rose, the stolen painting. The painting becomes her reason for fighting and an opportunity for revenge upon the occupying force - a force for evil. Francesca Pascal is an unforgettable wartime tale of vengeance, art theft, and intrigue.

"Highly Commended" -Yeovil Literary Prize. Three seemingly unrelated events meet in a cataclysm that changes the course of history: A Roman slave with a serpent tattoo uncovers his true barbarian identity...A battle for power among Frankish warlords leads to a mass exodus across the Rhine...All the while, Marcus Aurelius' Roman army pushes further north, changing everything. In the background, the ageing witch Chlotsuintha predicts it all. Or is she the one pulling the strings to shape her people's future? When Sextus escapes Rome with a pocketful of gold and a knife, how could he even have dreamt of what the fates might have in store for him? Pursued by Roman soldiers for the murder of his master, Sextus enlists the help of a retired gladiator, and falls in love with the gladiator's niece. An invading German army drives them further north, where Sextus discovers his true birthright, and his real name - Galdir. He becomes caught up in a bitter feud as one of the heirs of a dead Frankish warlord; but the blood feud must be put aside when the Romans invade and besiege the Frankish capital.'Galdir' is enthralling Roman fiction - a tale of love, brutal battles and conflict, in which a mystical prophecy winds its way through an epic saga of struggle against Rome, and the consequences of resistance by the Frankish people, its Warlord and its witches. Categories: Roman fiction; historical fiction; action & adventure.

A dark tale of Celtic mysticism, grief and battle. Although Galdir regards himself as a free man, he is still enslaved by his past - and his future. Unable to throw off the yoke of prediction, embittered by the defeat of his nation which has been annexed by Rome, and forced to serve the Roman Emperor as an auxiliary commander of cavalry on Hadrian's Wall, he faces increasingly fierce attacks from hostile Celtic tribes north of the Wall. But in Galdir's volatile world such a precarious situation could never last for long. "Rebel of the North" takes us to a divided nation north of Hadrian's Wall, where Galdir joins forces with Cimbri mercenaries, falls in love with a Celtic Princess, and hears a disturbing prophecy of battle and leadership - a prophecy which foretells of a Germanic warrior who will unite the feuding Northern tribes and drive the seemingly unstoppable Roman forces out of their land. "Rebel of the North" continues the epic tale of Galdir - slave, barbarian, mercenary and Warlord. Categories: Roman fiction; British historical fiction; action & adventure.

His life in tatters, the nation over which he once presided now annexed by Rome, Galdir returns to the city from which he once escaped as a slave. For in this den of thieves and scoundrels lies Galdir's only hope of persuading the Senate to rescind the Roman fetters that hold his people. When Emperor Commodus commands Galdir to be his bodyguard, he obeys - but at the cost of his Germanic nature and loyalty. Tolerating the madness that is Commodus and side-stepping the political maelstrom, he finds his divided loyalties tear at his very soul. When the Empire is threatened by a new Germanic alliance, he must protect a mad Emperor and fight his own people in a cataclysmic battle to end all opposition to Rome. 'Protector of Rome' continues the thrilling saga of Galdir - slave, warlord and rebel.

1940, Paris falls to the occupying Germans. Raoul, Head Chef of Le Metro, the top hotel of Paris, is nonchalant. After all, he need only wait for Petain to make peace, and everything will return to normal. Then he can get on with life, and admire his demi-sous chef, Natalie, with unrequited love. But matters soon change. When the Germans begin to cut out the Jewish staff, he hides the refugees everywhere he can in the sprawling hotel. In the end, even the wine cellar is occupied. When a German SD officer discovers Natalie still working in the kitchens, Raoul, in a moment of panic, kills the officer with a cast-iron frying pan. But where to dispose of the body? Forced into action, Raoul discovers that he has more strengths than his bechamel sauce.

A WORLD OF RESISTANCE, BETRAYAL AND OPPRESSION. Not everyone in 1930s Germany toed the Nazi line. For some, like Rolf Schmidt, the dogma and philosophy of the cataclysmic changes taking place caused only revulsion. After the fall of France he is stationed in Paris, a world of resistance, betrayal and oppression and he has choices to make, men to kill and a woman to win. THE EVIL THAT MEN DO is Fredrik Nath's latest World War II blockbuster. Combining his trademark themes of love, betrayal, Nazi atrocities, suspense and an ending that will catch you off guard, this bleak-to-lavish war romance is a truly compelling tale of bravery in the face of evil.

From the author of the highly acclaimed, bestselling "Galdir" series of Roman novels: A captivating novel of Ancient Rome, set during the invasions of Sinope and Armenia. Though he does not know it, Aulus Veridius Scapula possesses an amulet which holds the key to fabulous wealth. But he is kept busy fighting and advancing his career in the Roman Ninth Legion, while guarding the amulet - a family heirloom which has already resulted in his parents being murdered. AMULET - THE CAUCASUS CAMPAIGN tells an epic tale of Roman conquest in 82 BC. The story sweeps from brutal sea and land battles to the power struggles of conniving Centurions and a dangerous dalliance with the lonely Queen of a conquered nation. *************** A THOROUGHLY SATISFYING, ACTION-PACKED STORY OF WAR, REBELLION AND FAMILY BETRAYAL.