Literary
The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish
Hurricane Katrina’s bearing down on New Orleans and the apartment of 90-year-old Louis Proby. The authorities are saying it’s going…
The Sound of Butterflies
Set in 1903 the book follows the adventures of Thomas Edgar, collector of butterflies, during an expedition to the Amazon,…
Simply Magic
Written by one of the acknowledged queens of the regency romance genre, this book is a simple delight. The third…
The True Darcy Spirit
Cassandra Darcy is disgraced, penniless and an outcast from her family. She is determined to earn her living in Regency…
Heyday
For those who enjoyed Kurt Andersen’s Turn of the Century, with its picture of New York City around the year…
All Will Be Revealed
Verena Swann mourns her late husband, Captain Theodore Swann, who died during an Arctic expedition, by channeling his spirit and…
The Last Empress
Set in the twilight days of Imperial China, The Last Empress continues the tale begun in Empress Orchid: the life…
Canaan
The American Civil War has ended, and the nation begins to heal itself from four torturous years. Canaan is about…
Afternoons with Emily
This novel, which echoes of the style of some novels of the 19th century, immediately enveloped me, and it has…
The Nature of Monsters
This is Clare Clark’s second novel and, like her first, The Great Stink, it is immersed in the filth, chaos…
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