Nonfiction
The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd
On October 18, 1931, Winnie Ruth Judd, a 26-year old medical secretary, boarded a train from Phoenix to Los Angeles…
The Water Doctor’s Daughters
This is true crime and also a Victorian melodrama which outdoes any fictional Victorian melodrama I have ever read. It…
Aprons and Silver Spoons
At fourteen years old Mollie is told that she must find a job. Without any skills, she takes a job…
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things
We readers of Jane Austen may feel we know the author by her characters and novels, but factors such as world…
Transcending Darkness
“If you sit in a dark hole in the ground listening to the world crashing around you, you never stop…
The King Arthur Conspiracy: How a Scottish Prince Became a Mythical Hero
In The King Arthur Conspiracy, Simon Stirling traces the legend of the British king back to Scottish and Welsh early…
The Love-Charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War
In The Love-Charm of Bombs, Lara Feigel describes the lives of five writers in and following the Second World War,…
Three Houses
This is a richly nostalgic and evocative account of the writer’s childhood with her younger brother (who also went on…
Jambusters: The Story of the Women’s Institute in the Second World War
This has been a fascinating read. Not only does it cover the contributions made by members of the National Federation…
The Hour of Peril
Abraham Lincoln’s train journey from Illinois to Washington becomes a dangerous rush towards safety in Daniel Stashower’s meticulous account of…
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