20th Century
The Woman’s Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900-2000
Editors' choice
This timely, perceptive analysis gives a much-maligned genre its proper significance in the canon of English literature. Diana Wallace sets…
Bomb, Book & Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China
Many — from Napoleon onwards — can lay claim to forecasting the greatness of China, but few dedicated their lives…
T4: A Novel
The title refers to the Nazi plan, hatched at Tiergartenstrasse 4 in Berlin, to eliminate the disabled in the name…
The Soldier’s Woman
Orphaned at a young age, Faith and James are raised by their aunt and grandparents, living on the profits of…
Without Conscience
This is the second of Davies’ mysteries set in 1942 London featuring the one-eyed mustered-out-of-service detective Johnny Hawke. The reader…
A Mother’s Hope
Rose and Martin make a mismatched pair—a single pregnant girl, an albino boy, and their stray greyhound, Don. But from…
A Question of Death: An Illustrated Phryne Fisher Treasury
Fans of the inimitable Phryne Fisher will rejoice in this cornucopia of short stories, recipes, lists of Phryne’s favorite things,…
In the Shadow of Gotham
In the Shadow of Gotham opens with a brutal murder in the wealthy but quiet neighborhood of Dobson, New York,…
Shannon
Father Robert Shannon of Boston is a young priest suffering from severe periodic mental instability caused by memories of his…
The Interrogator
We all know that the British managed to break the German ‘Enigma’ code during World War II, but what of…
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