Helen Dunmore
The Greatcoat
With rationing and housing shortages continuing in 1952 England, Dr. Philip Carey and his new wife, Isabel, make do with…
The Betrayal
Lime trees are depicted in Helen Dunmore’s novels The Siege and The Betrayal, both set in 20th-century Leningrad. Both were…
Counting the Stars
Ancient Rome in the late Republic was an unsettled place: violence, corruption and murder were a tangible part of the…
House of Orphans
Editors' choice
Set in Finland in 1901, House of Orphans tells the stories of Eeva and Lauri, childhood friends separated by death…
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