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Pendragon’s Banner
Pendragon’s Banner, the second book in Helen Hollick’s take on the Arthurian legend, follows closely behind The Kingmaking. Arthur has…
Rashi’s Daughters, Book lll: Rachel
Rachel is the third daughter of the 11th century French Talmud scholar Salomon ben Isaac, better known today as Rashi.…
The Fruit of Her Hands
Shira’s upbringing is different than other Jewish girls’ childhoods in 1224. Her widowed father, the esteemed Rabbi Shmuel ben Solomon…
Little Gods
This is a story revolving around four people, Jean, Gloria, Jack and Denny. It begins in England just before WWII.…
Shanghai Girls
Editors' choice
Pearl and May are two sisters born in Shanghai, China, in the early 20th century. Raised in luxury with traditional…
The Summer House
Lady Helen Barstairs marries her soldier husband at her family’s request and regrets it almost instantly when she meets Oliver…
Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg
The young Chandler brothers, brash 18-year-old Luke and soft-spoken 16-year-old Thomas, advance to maturity in the blood-soaked fields of Gettysburg…
My Cousin Caroline
This is, before you rush out and buy it, book six in a ten-book series following on from the events…
Give Me Tomorrow
Elizabeth Lord writes warm and dependable sagas about the lives of women in the early 20th century. This one, first…
Been Here a Thousand Years
Life has always been hard in the small southern-Italian farming village of Grottole. The inhabitants give their all to the…
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