The thirteenth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary\"s series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. Finally - finally! - Max has that nice office job she\"s always wanted. The one with no heavy lifting and no one tries to kill her. Well, one out of two\"s not bad......

\"It\"s time, Max.\" And so, a whole new chapter opens up... It\"s long been known that if a thing can go wrong, it will. With knobs on, usually. Disasters start to pile up. A new colleague with no respect for the past and a great deal to prove. Historians lost in time. And - worst of all - Rosie Lee on her very first jump....

From riotous misbehaviour in Victorian London to ingenious feats of scientific invention (powdered water - just add water!), and from a chaotic Nativity play starring a vengeful Angel Gabriel to an illegal expedition to Mars, Jodi Taylor knows how to spin a good yarn....

I would have trusted this man with my life. Until a couple of days ago, anyway. You know what they say - hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Max is quite accustomed to everything going wrong. She\"s St Mary\"s, after all. Disaster is her default state....

What if the course of history was on your shoulders? \"To do what I do - go where I go - see what I see - it\"s a wonderful, unique, never-to-be-taken-for-granted privilege....

In print for the very first time, The Long and Short of It collects eight unmissable short stories from the international bestselling Chronicles of St Mary\"s series. With introductions plus the brand new short story, A Perfect Storm. When a Child is Born A jump back to 1066 to witness the coronation of William the Conqueror goes slightly astray....

A Fete Worse Than Death... The St Mary\"s Institute of Historical Research has finally recovered from its wounds and it\"s business as usual for those rascals in the History Department....

Because, my dear Max, you dance on the edge of darkness ... and I don\"t think it would take very much for you to dance my way. When an old enemy appears out of nowhere with an astonishing proposition for Max a proposition that could change everything Max is tempted. Very tempted....

Rules are meant to be broken, aren\"t they? \"I\"ve done some stupid things in my time. I\"ve been reckless. I\"ve broken a few rules. But never before have I ruined so many lives or left such a trail of destruction behind me.\" Max has never been one for rules. They tend to happen to other people. But this time she\"s gone too far....