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KLI0 PRESS HISTORICAL FICTION

KLIO PRESS is dedicated to ‘Historical Fiction’ for ages 12 through YA to Adult.

Reintroducing some classic titles, award-winning stories and new editions FIRST TITLES 2026

‘The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.’

Plutarch A TUDOR TALE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA

A STORY OF HAROLD HARDRADA

A STORY OF WEST COUNTRY PIRACY

HENRY TREECE WINNER OF THE NEWBERRY MEDAL

DARK FRIGATE THE

CHARLES BOARDMAN HAWES

Klio is the Greek Muse of History, one of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (the goddess of memory).

She is depicted with scrolls or books, sometimes a trumpet or lyre, and is associated with preserving and celebrating the past.

‘Kleos’ is also the Greek word meaning to recount glory or fame, highlighting Klio’s role in commemorating great deeds and events

Please note that some of the historical books in Klio Press reflect the times in which they were written. Different attitudes to women, slavery, and other sensitive matters do not reflect our 21st century. However, they strongly represent the times in which the books are set and to change them to modern sensibilities would be to rob them of their original historical accuracy and voices. Please be aware.

12+ YOUNG ADULT

THE ROMAN BRITAIN SERIES

HENRY TREECE

LEGIONS

Title: Legions Of The Eagle Author: Henry Treece ISBN: 9781800720008 Extent: 192 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: UK & Commonwealth

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Gwydion needed all the courage he could muster. The Romans were approaching the ancient city of Camulodunum.

Could they be stopped?

A story of loyalty, friendship, and tragedy as the Celtic tribes under the leadership of Caratacus face the full might of the legions.

‘Legions of the Eagle’ is a captivating historical novel that delves into the life of a young boy during the Roman conquest of Britain under the reign of Claudius.

A STORY OF ROMAN BRITAIN

Henry Treece was a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. He wrote a range of works but is mostly remembered as a writer of children’s historical novels.

His best known are his juvenile historical novels, particularly those set in the Viking Age although he also wrote some adult historical novels. Many of his novels are set in transitional periods in history, where more primitive societies are forced to face modernisation, e.g. the end of the Viking period, or the Roman conquest of Britain.

‘Henry Treece has the rare gift of writing about the ancient world as if he were native to it.’

The Sunday Telegraph

THE ROMAN BRITAIN SERIES Title: The Eagles Have Flown Author: Henry Treece ISBN: 9781800720015 Extent: 172 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: UK & Commonwealth Young Festus’ family have been murdered and his home destroyed by the invaders.

What should he do?

Fifteen hundred years ago Britain was facing the darkest period in its history. The Legions had left, hastening back to protect Rome. The great civilisation the Romans had built, the roads, fortresses and towns, were crumbling, and along the coast of Britain, land-hungry wanderers, beached their long-ships and killed all who opposed them.

No man could trust his neighbour; all were afraid. All that is, except Artos the Bear, a leader of great strength who like King Arthur has become one of our greatest heroes.

HENRY TREECE

HENRY TREECE THE

EAGLES HAVE FLOWN A STORY OF ROMAN BRITAIN

Title: The Queens Brooch Author: Henry Treece ISBN: 9781800720022 Extent: 176 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: UK & Commonwealth The first time Marcus the Roman Tribune met Queen Boudica he thought she was going to ride him down on her black horse!

THE QBUEEN’S ROOCH A STORY OF BOUDICA’S BRITAIN

Then she stopped and stared at him silently.

'This is not your road, but it is mine,' she said. 'I am the Queen here.’ Then she gave him a brooch as her token.

Years later Marcus met the Queen again, but times were different now, and a harsh and bloody battle lay in store!

NORMAN SERIES

HENRY TREECE

HOUNDS KING OF THE

A STORY OF A SAXON HOUSCARL AND 1066

Title: Hounds Of The King Author: Henry Treece ISBN: 9781800720039 Extent: 160 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: UK & Commonwealth

‘One day a golden-haired warrior came riding to a Saxon village in Mercia, and tossed a penny to a boy… The warrior was called Harold, and the boy was Beornoth: the one Earl Godwin’s heir, the other a lowly thegn’s son.’

For Beornoth became a Housecarl — one of that proud band of warriors who swore oaths to guard their King to the death, and who were known as ‘The King’s hounds’.

A magnificent picture of Saxon England, follows the fortunes of the finest flower of English warriors, destined to serve their King until the savage hilltop fight known to future generations as the Battle of Hastings.

‘Beautifully written coming of age tale for Teens, cleverly woven into real history.’ .

Title: Man With A Sword Author: Henry Treece ISBN: 9781800720060 Extent: 192 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: UK & Commonwealth

HENRY TREECE

All of the Anglo-Saxon outlaws had surrendered to the Normans…except Hereward alone!

Hereward the legendary fighter was now cornered in the Fenlands. Will he be able to escape the Isle of Ely and the clutches of William the Conqueror?

All hope now rests with Hereward who represents the last hero of Saxon resistance.

Armed with his sword ‘Brain-biter’ he is a man to meet all attacks!

‘The heraldic heroism of the tale is preserved, but at the same time there is an easy, quick, and exciting sense of real life’ The Guardian

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A STORY OF HEREWARD THE WAKE

THE VIKING SERIES Title: The Last Of The Vikings Author: Henry Treece ISBN: 9781800720084 Extent: 128 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: UK & Commonwealth

HENRY TREECE

Harold Hardrada was the last of the great Viking leaders. Can he make his next adventure the conquest of Anglo-Saxon England!?

Since he was fifteen years old Harold had been a warrior – in Norway, Constantinople, Sicily, and the Holy Land. Now a legendary captain he is invited in 1066 to invade England at the side of Tostig Godwinson – half-brother to the English King

A STORY OF HAROLD HARDRADA

Can he claim the throne? Can he trust Tostig?

But most of all can he beat the combined Anglo-Saxon forces?

Title: Horned Helmet Author: Henry Treece ISBN: 9781800720091 Extent: 192 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: UK & Commonwealth

HENRY TREECE

A fugitive from his native Iceland, Beorn cannot believe his good fortune in being plucked from the jaws of death!

Adopted by the fierce berserker Starkad and his Viking warriors, Beorn is plunged into a seafaring life that demands strength, determination and courage.

Beorn rapidly grows from boy to man under the rigorous Viking code of conduct that embraces adventure, valour, and the unbreakable bonds of brotherhood.

But will he ever see his home again?

‘A very fine historical novel. It moves at a tremendous pace’ The Teacher

A STORY OF AN ICELANDIC VIKING

‘Henry Treece shares with Rosemary Sutcliff alone of his contemporaries the ability to recreate the ancient world for Children as well as adults’ The Times

NEWBERRY MEDAL HONOURS TITLES

A TUDOR TALE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA

Title: The Dark Frigate Author: Charles Boardman Hawes ISBN: 9781800720046 Extent: 256 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: World

A STORY OF WEST COUNTRY PIRACY

London 1620 - Philip Marsham, a nineteen-year-old sailor, has just been orphaned when his father's ship was lost at sea. An accident with a gun causes him to flee London, leaving behind his small inheritance left by his father. He decides to journey across England on foot, heading towards Bideford in Devon.

WINNER OF THE NEWBERRY MEDAL

During his travels, he encounters Tom Jordan and Martin Barwick, who claim to be fellow sailors. Tom, who is more commonly known as the Old One, soon parts company with them; however, Martin becomes Phil's traveling companion.

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When they reach Bideford, Martin leads the way to the house of Mother Taylor, an old woman who works as the gobetween for numerous illegal activities and arranges positions for Martin and Phil on a frigate, known as the Rose of Devon.

When their ship is captured by pirates, led by the ‘Old One’ only Phil and Will Canty, a fellow sailor of the same age, show reluctance to become pirates.

Will Phil join them to save himself?

Title Cedric The Forester Author: Bernard G Marshall ISBN: 9781800720053 Extent: 136 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: World Cedric, son of a twelfth-century forester in Pelham Wood, saves the life of Sir Richard Mountjoy's son and is made his squire.

Taught to read and fight, Cedric becomes the best crossbowman in England and excels in both Latin and military strategy.

At the Battle of Eagles, he is knighted.

Now that King Richard The Lionheart is dead can Cedric help Sir Richard in the battle to get the new King John to sign the Magna Carta and grant common rights for all men?

A STORY OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION ‘This timeless classic explores themes of loyalty, identity, and the bonds of brotherhood that transcend time and place.’

HISTORICAL ACTION Title: Beau Geste Author: P C Wren ISBN: 9781800720282 Extent: 352 RRP: £9.99. Rights: World A story of the Geste brothers - Beau, Digby, and John - as they join the French Foreign Legion to escape a cloud of suspicion surrounding the theft of a valuable family jewel.

B EAU GESTE

H E N R Y TREECE

P C WREN

‘This timeless classic explores themes of loyalty, identity, and the bonds of brotherhood that transcend time and place. Prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey into the heart of heroism with Beau Geste.’

As they navigate the harsh realities of military life, the brothers find themselves thrust into a treacherous world of desert warfare, deadly adversaries, and hidden secrets In the heart of the desert. The Geste brothers face unimaginable challenges that test the limits of their courage and resilience.

Bound by an unbreakable bond, they confront the brutalities of war and the enigmatic figure known as ‘The Blue Water’ with unwavering determination. As the truth behind the stolen jewel and the mysterious disappearance of another legionnaire slowly unravel, the Geste brothers find themselves entangled in a web of deception and treachery. With danger lurking at every turn, they must summon their inner strength and confront the ultimate question of honour.

Title: The Scarlet Pimpernel Author: Baroness Orczy ISBN: 9781800720299 Extent: 252 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: World The Scarlet Pimpernel is a timeless tale of daring heroism, secret identities, and love tested by loyalty. Step into the heart of the French Revolution, where the guillotine casts a long shadow, and one man dares to defy it all.

In Revolutionary France, a mysterious English aristocrat— known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel—saves the innocent from execution, leaving behind a blood-red flower as his calling card. His true identity remains hidden behind charm, cunning, and elaborate disguises.

Across the English Channel, the glittering world of Georgian high society conceals its intrigues. Beautiful and brilliant Marguerite Blakeney, a former French actress now beloved in London’s elite circles, finds herself caught between past loyalties and present love. As suspicion grows and betrayal looms, she must navigate a dangerous game where truth and deception, love and honour, collide.

A STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

The Beloved Story of the Masked Hero Who Defied an Empire

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THE CARLET IMPERNEL BARONESS ORCZY

The Beloved Story of the Masked Hero Who Defied an Empire

HISTORY CLASSICS

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A TALE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA

Title: Fire Over England Author: A E W Mason ISBN: 9781800720077 Extent: 258 RRP: £8.99 Paperback Rights: World

England 1581 - Robin Aubrey believes his father George was arrested while travelling in Spain and executed. Robin becomes obsessed with avenging his Father.

Raising funding for a private naval expedition to destroy the Spanish treasure convoy, Robin is careful to hide his ambition from others. However, just before departure, Sir Francis Walsingham, Spy-Master to Queen Elizabeth, summons Robin to a meeting and reveals that George is still alive.

He asks Robin to spy for him in Spain instead of going on the expedition, with the incentive being that he can then rescue his father.

Can Robin accomplish the rescue?

Can Robin help stop the Great Armada invading England?

Captain Blood remains a gripping and entertaining tale of pirates and high sea adventures.

Title: Captain Blood Author: Rafael Sabatini ISBN: 9781800720312 Extent: 320 RRP: £9.99. Rights: World Dr. Peter Blood, an Irish physician who had traded his past life as a sailor and a soldier for a quiet life tending to his garden and patients in Somerset, England. He attends to the wounds of rebels injured in the Battle of Sedgemoor during the Monmouth Rebellion and is soon arrested for treason.

RAFAEL SABATINI

CAPTAIN

BLOOD

While he did not actually participate in the rebellion and merely did what he felt he must, he is tried and convicted nonetheless. The sentence for treason is death, but King James II has the sentence commuted and instead sells Dr. Blood and his fellow rebels into slavery in the Caribbean.

Dr. Blood continues to demonstrate his bravery and decency after he is bought by the cruel Colonel Bishop and takes advantage of a raid by Spanish forces to escape his new owner. Dr. Blood acquires a ship and quickly becomes the most successful pirate in the Caribbean, ultimately triumphing over his enemies and misfortune.

A STORY OF PIRATES AND REVENGE

CHERRYTREE CLASSIC HISTORY FICTION

Captain Blood remains a gripping and entertaining tale of pirates and high sea adventures.

16+ ADULT

JANE LANE THE JACOBITE NOVELS

THE JACOBITE NOVELS Title: The Phoenix and the Laurel Author: Jane Lane ISBN: 9781800720510 Paperback Extent: 368 RRP: £9.99 Rights: World

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John Grahame, called ‘Bonnie Dundee’, was the Jacobite hero. Although devoted to duty, he casts ambition aside to stand alone for his King and the Stuart dynasty in leading the Highland clans to an astounding victory at Killiecrankie in 1689.

From the quagmires of treachery and self-interest, the heroic soldier is described in this vivid glimpse of one man’s determined genius and bravery in the face of cruelty and destruction.

A STORY OF BONNIE DUNDEE AND KILLIECRANKIE

In this portrayal of the first Jacobite, John Grahame of Claverhouse, Jane Lane presents both the violence and colour of Jacobite rebellion.

Jane Lane is the pen name of Elaine Kidner Dakers, an incredibly successful English novelist and biographer. Her bestknown books are historical novels set in the 17th and 18th century.

'A writer who offers...faithfulness to historical fact and style.’

The Sunday Times 'The books have great feeling for their period; are lucid, vigorous and moving. The handling of the narration is masterly, full of character and wit.’

Author Mary Renault

JANE LANE THE JACOBITE NOVELS

THE JACOBITE NOVELS Title: He Stooped To Conquer Author: Jane Lane ISBN: 9781800720176 Paperback Extent: 272 RRP: £9.99 Rights: World

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In the savage cold of a February night, a company of soldiers obeyed the orders issued by William III to butcher a small branch of Clan Donald living in Glencoe.

The tale of Government sanctioned murder woven into a narrative featuring members of the family Donald. It creates strong characters on both sides of the tragedy which fuses the human costs with the official intolerance of the Scottish Highland clans of the period.

A STORY OF THE GLENCOE MASSACRE

THE JACOBITE NOVELS Title: Fortress on the Forth ISBN: 9781800720183 Extent: 208 RRP: £9.99 Paperback Rights: World

Jane Lane has expanded a page of history into an epic in which courtesy and treachery, hospitality and betrayal, love and hate, are manifested by the men and woman whose fate brought them together on that tragic winter night in 1692.

THE JACOBITE NOVELS

Bass Rock – home to a brooding fortress precipitously perched on the rocky island guarding the Firth of Forth and gaol to incarcerated Jacobite prisoners.

In the summer of 1691 four Jacobite soldiers, led by the intrepid Humphrey Craddocke’, surprised the governor and guards and drove them out of the castle.

The English Government placed the island and fortress under siege. For almost three years the defenders repelled any attempt to retake the Castle and played one of the most astounding games of bluff in history.

Can they survive and escape with honour as free men?

A minor epic of Scottish History!!

'Miss Lane towers head and shoulders above the rest.’

The New Statesman

A STORY OF THE BASS ROCK SIEGE

THE JACOBITE NOVELS

THE JACOBITE NOVELS Title: His Fight Is Ours ISBN: 9781800720190 Extent: 320 RRP: £9.99 Paperback Rights World

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His Fight is Ours follows the traumatic trials of MacLain, a Highland Chieftain of the Clan Donald, as he leads his people in the second Jacobite rising on behalf of James Stuart, the Old Pretender.

The battle to restore the King to his rightful throne is portrayed here in this absorbing historical escapade, which highlights all the beauty and romance of Highland life.

Jane Lane presents a dazzling, picturesque story of the problems facing MacLain as leader of a proud, ancient race, and his struggles against injustice and the violent infamy of oppression.

A STORY OF ‘THE FIFTEEN’

'I read Jane Lane's books with mounting admiration for both their content and style. . .

Merging fact and fiction into essential truth, she has produced novels of quite extraordinary emotional power and exciting narrative pace.’ Author John Prebble THE JACOBITE NOVELS Title: Farewell To The White Cockade ISBN: 9781800720206 Extent: 312 RRP: £9.99 Paperback Rights: World

THE JACOBITE NOVELS

Farewell to the White Cockade tells the tragic story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his life-long exile trying to enlist support to recover his father's throne.

From the court of Louis XV in Versailles to the dock yards of Antwerp, Charles Edward Stuart narrowly avoids spies and assassins at every turn. Betrayed by his wife and brother, his dreams slowly fade and the Prince is sustained only by his own gritty courage, faith and an illegitimate daughter, Charlotte, whose life is dogged by a more perilous fate than her father could ever have imagined.

Here is a very human and superbly written tragedy of a prince who for all his faults and failings remains to this day ‘King of the highland hearts.’

A STORY OF BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE AND THE ‘45’

ROMAN BRITAIN Title: Imperial Governor Author: George Shipway ISBN: 9781800720114 Extent: 400 RRP: £9.99 Paperback Rights: UK and Commonwealth Londinium is burning…

Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, newly appointed governor of Roman Britain, is charged by an increasingly unstable Emperor Nero with a difficult task—the untamed island on the fringes of the empire must earn a profit

IGOVERNOR MPERIAL

To do so, Suetonius pursues the last of the Druids into Wales and, along the way, subdues the fractious Celtic chieftains who sit atop a fortune in gold and rare metals.

Meanwhile, in the provincial capital of Londinium, war is brewing. As Nero's corrupt tax officials strip the British tribes of their wealth and dignity, an unlikely leader arises—Queen Boudicca, chieftain of the Iceni, who unites the tribes of Britain and leads them on a furious and bloody quest for vengeance and liberty.

A STORY OF ROMAN BRITAIN

A novel told in the form of a memoir, Imperial Governor is a compelling and impeccably researched portrait of Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Roman general and first-century Governor of Britannia, who unexpectedly found himself facing one of the bloodiest rebellions against Roman rule.

’A SUPERB HISTORICAL NOVEL’ THE SUNDAY EXPRESS

This book does for the Roman governor, Suetonius Paulinus, what I, CLAUDIUS did for the stuttering Emperor whose armies invaded Britain in AD43: an obscure historic figure is suddenly centre-stage. And he has a terrific story to tell. Packed with fascinating detail of life in Roman Britain - and in the ranks of the Legions in particular.

Shipway's masterful military adventure has long been considered one of the most accomplished works of historical fiction set in the Roman Era, providing fascinating detail of life in Roman Britain and within the Roman Legions—and a riveting saga of uprisings, war, and conquest in the ancient world.

'Engrossing, exciting and lit by a kind of imaginative realism which makes characters, supposed to have been dead two thousand years, vivid and alive...I am reminded of Alfred Duggan - John Masters

‘History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.’

John Dalberg-Acton

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THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR NOVELS

A STORY OF AGRICOLA’S INVASION OF CALEDONIA

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'A writer who offers...faithfulness to historical fact and style.’

The Sunday Times

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A STORY OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES

‘They make a desert and call it peace’ Tacitus

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A STORY OF STEPHEN AND MATILDA

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