Literary
The Eyes of Venice
I am a lover of Venice, and so when I heard about this book, I jumped on the opportunity to…
Painter of Silence
Romania under Communist tyranny is the setting for Georgina Harding’s novel of subtle pathos, showing the transformation of society as…
The Dark Earth and the Light Sky
The enigmatic story of tormented British writer and poet, Edward Thomas, is given a new lease of life in this…
The Boy I Love
The protagonist of this novel set in the aftermath of WW1, Paul Harris, has returned from the war, but his…
Siege 13
Editors' choice
For six weeks in the winter of 1944-45, the Soviet Army assaulted Budapest, defended by the German and Hungarian armies.…
Philida
Philida is a knitting girl, a slave in the household of Cornelis Brink whose job is to knit clothes for…
Light Falling on Bamboo
My mother-in-law asked me recently what to call fictionalized biographies of famous historical figures. Historical novels, I said, thinking of…
Saturn
This novel is a fictionalised version of the personal life of the great Spanish painter Francisco Goya. It is told…
Cursive
In 1933, young Ralph Talbot leaves England for East Africa as a way to prove himself to his prospective father-in-law…
Paper Moon
The novel is set just after the end of World War Two, and the author captures well that sense of…
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