The TwitsTo pay Mrs Twit back for the worms in his spaghetti, Mr Twit thought up a really clever, nasty trick . . . Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man who always has bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is scheming and sly and always thinking of the next horrible trick to play on her husband. The Twits are so ghastly and evil that they even keep Muggle Wump the monkey and his family captive in their garden. But not for much longer! The monkeys

She suffers a catastrophic brain injury

and the very foundations of bookwandering

What precious object did she carry in a pouch around her waist

Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is a prisoner of the Spanish

Transporting us to all corners of the globe

a young Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break your or anyone else's heart'

"Some of [Coward's] most sparkling dialogue ever

and - of course - a slightly magical cat

When Hope finds her real life in the pages of a bestselling novel

Roman centurion Flavius Ferox is trying to live a quiet life of dignified leisure

But when a critical mission goes south

it's a school holiday filled with warmth