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From Restoration to Revolution: Your Waterstones Books of the Month for February

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Rose Tremain and Simon Sebag Montefiore bring history alive, in both fiction and fact. fits the bill

Rose Tremain and Simon Sebag Montefiore bring history alive, in both fiction and fact. [Books of the Month] Dear Reader, “I wonder if people ever stop and think what a drag it is to be criminally handsome,” wrote the inimitable humourist and Marx Brothers scribe S. J. Perelman, born this day in 1904. Reportedly, it was Perelman who helped haul Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel [Catch-22] from certain literary doom to cult dominance – as a man sparing in his praise, his fervour for Heller’s debut carried real heft. We have no need of Perelman tonight to fan the flames of success for our February Books of the Month, for each title speaks rather glowingly for itself. Our Fiction Book of the Month [The Gustav Sonata] First up for fiction, we have Rose Tremain’s utterly masterful [The Gustav Sonata], her razor-edged account of friendship in the embers of the Holocaust. Gustav and Anton – two young boys as similar as they are different – form a bond that prickles with the tensions of heritage and entitlement. With the neutralities of Switzerland mirroring the cautious interplay of the novel’s cast, this is Tremain at her measured and insightful best. ‘[The Gustav Sonata] is a powerful, profound and unexpected love story,’ commented Hannah Beckerman in The Observer. ‘It is a masterful, meditative novel.’ [Buy the book] Our Non-Fiction Book of the Month [The Romanovs: 1613-1918] Our non-fiction offering is something of a spearhead for this year’s reflections on the 100 years that have passed since the climactic Russian revolutions of 1917. Simon Sebag Montefiore’s [The Romanovs: 1613-1918] is one of those once-in-a-decade texts that manages to bring the past very much into the present, with the author’s impeccable research and deft skill for story sealing a vast but still intimate chronology of Russia’s twenty sovereigns. For Antony Beevor, writing for the Financial Times, [The Romanovs] is ‘epic history on the grandest scale … reading Montefiore's excellent account, it is hard to imagine how the monarchy could ever have survived under their catastrophic leadership.’ [Buy the book] Our Children's Book of the Month [Who Let the Gods Out] For our children’s choice, we have the pleasures of a debut. The area of publishing we call 9-12 is a tricky beast – it looks easy but it really isn’t, with many books failing to make that vital foothold in the market as they are simply not appealing or imaginative enough. Maz Evans’ [Who Let the Gods Out] fits the bill perfectly, a freewheeling and properly-funny fantasy where the deities who so once powerfully presided over the affairs of the world (Zeus, Hermes, Charon and the rest) are now reduced to bumbling, self-obsessed buffoons in the face of contemporary mores. Into the mix is thrown 12-year-old Elliot, a caring but slightly reluctant hero who finds himself at the centre of adventurous chaos as an entombed demon, buried somewhere beneath his home near Stonehenge, is unwittingly set free to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting world. [Buy the book] Our Thriller of the Month [The Ashes of London] Finally, our Thriller of the Month needs no introduction after already enjoying a spectacular month as our Thriller choice for January – so spectacular, in fact, we weren’t quite ready to let it go just yet. Andrew Taylor’s Restoration-set [The Ashes of London] has been nothing short of a phenomenon, our customers utterly beguiled by the entrance of wily, reluctant government agent James Marwood, a man driven to solve a savage murder in the embers of the Great Fire. Taylor’s Marwood is a simply stunning literary creation – complex, compromised, resourceful – and the author’s twinning of Marwood with an extraordinarily compelling tale of a corrupt, secret world is simply dazzling stuff. It’s our pleasure to continue highlighting this superb volume. [Buy the book] We’ll be back in March of course for our next selection of reading pleasures and we hope you have an entirely rewarding month. With warmest regards, Your friends at Waterstones [Facebook] [Twitter] [Instagram] [YouTube] [View email online]. Sadly replies to this particular email will not be read or generate any responses, but we always welcome feedback and any queries or thoughts are best addressed to our customer support booksellers using our [online form]. You might also find the answer on our [Help pages]. To receive our emails to your inbox, please add team@emails.waterstones.com to your address book or safe list. ©2016 Waterstones Booksellers Limited. All rights reserved. Registered Office Address: 203/206 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HD. Registered in England, Registration No:610095. [Privacy and Cookie Policy] [Terms and Conditions] [Unsubscribe]

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