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Midnight Fires
After a major disappointment in love, aspiring author Mary Wollstonecraft must support herself and takes a position as governess to…
Here Burns My Candle
In 1745 in Edinburgh, the widowed Lady Marjory Kerr and her family await the arrival of the Jacobites, led by…
The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville is a bestselling Australian author who has already written about her country’s convict past. In The Lieutenant she…
I Was Jane Austen’s Best Friend
This is a very readable “journal” which covers the period from February to April 1791 as written by Jane Austen’s…
The Fields of Fortune
The Fields of Fortune is the latest work of the prolific Jessica Stirling. The book’s theme is not uncommon, but…
When the Duke Returns
I find James’s work difficult to fathom. She is a Professor of Shakespeare studies, yet she uses such modern phrases…
An Ill Wind
It is always awkward when you start reading a series several books in, and it took me some time to…
The Book of Fires
Editors' choice
Jane Borodale’s stunning debut novel begins with that classic element of suspense, a countdown to an explosion—not so much of…
Lady Notorious
The year is 1761. Captain Lord Cynric Malloren, on leave from the army recovering from a fever (not war wounds,…
Invasion
Commander Thomas Kydd, RN, is determined to once again sally forth to protect England from the threat of Napoleonic France.…
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