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Circles of Time
This second volume in Rock’s engrossing trilogy (after The Passing Bells) about the titled Grevilles of Abingdon Pryory in Surrey…
In Times of Fading Light
Eugen Ruge’s newly translated literary novel lets us experience the political upheaval of a German family, interspersed with somewhat sarcastic reflections on…
Ashton Park
From 1916 to 1923, the Danforth family of Ashton Park, a stately manor in Lancashire, confronts war and class prejudices.…
Habits of the House
Fay Weldon of Upstairs Downstairs fame has written this first of a trilogy, “delving into the decadent lives of masters…
In A Milk & Honeyed Land
We are introduced to the hill country of Canaan here and the life of a village priest. His life, his…
Wise Men
Writing fiction set in the near-history of the mid-20th century is a sticky task. Characters may seem too familiar or…
Currawalli Street
Currawalli Street is an average rural Australian street. It has orderly numbered homes with normal people who uniquely blend into…
A Winter’s Night
The Brunis are tenant farmers in Italy’s Po Valley at the start of the 20th century. They frequently make their…
The Last Gift
Death and disease is ever present in the slums of Victorian London, Maggie Tanner is a girl only just into…
The Owl of the Durotriges
Britain’s tribal leaders hold to an uneasy truce imposed upon them by the Druids. It won’t take much for this…
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