Victorian
The Black Thread
This is an enchanting historical novel, well written with excellent local knowledge. It is a story based around the life…
Against the Tide
Nathaniel Brookes is a man on a mission of retribution. After witnessing the murder of his father, a Customs Riding…
Creole Son
In 1872, Edgar Degas left Paris to visit New Orleans, the birthplace of his deceased mother and the current home…
The Stationmaster’s Farewell
If you like a Victorian detective whodunit set in a railway background, largely around Exeter (UK) St David’s GWR train…
Dead Born
This superb novel, one in the series of Joan Lock’s Detective Sergeant Best mysteries, was originally published in 2001 and…
Victorian Time
Pardon the pun, but this is a timely publication when current technological advances are affecting the way we perceive time…
Awakening
Editors' choice
1860. A year after Charles Darwin published his groundbreaking Origin of Species, the evangelical community of Wiltshire has far more…
All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship
All Standing tells of one of the greatest human rights atrocities of all time, the Irish potato famine of the…
The India Fan
Drusilla Delany has always lived in the shadow of the Framling family; as daughter to the local rector, she is…
The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story
Within the last year, we’ve been treated to Hollywood’s rendition of the most famous family feud in American history –…
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