2005 (UK)
To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy
Rites of Passage, the first novel of this trilogy, won the Booker Prize; Golding is also a Nobel laureate, a…
The Thief Taker
After the death of her husband, Agnes Meadowes obtains employment as a cook. Working in London for the Blanchards, a…
Arthur and George
I should perhaps point out that as Julian Barnes is one of my favourite contemporary prose writers, I approached his…
Richard Temple
The novel opens with the protagonist, Richard Temple, enduring repeated sessions of torture at the hands of Nazi interrogators. It…
Born To Rule
This biography chronicles the tumultuous lives of the five granddaughters of Queen Victoria who became consorts to European ruling monarchs.…
Yankee Girl
Yankee Girl is about a young American girl, Alice, who has just moved to Mississippi from her home in Chicago.…
The Bishop’s Tale
England, 1434. Thomas Chaucer is dying. Administering to his needs is his cousin, Cardinal Bishop Beaufort of Winchester. Thomas dies…
The Truth of the Matter
The Truth of the Matter continues the story of the Scofield family of Washburn, Ohio, whom we first met in…
Master of Souls
This is the 16th mystery for Sister Fidelma. On a bitter winter’s night, a ship is driven by wreckers onto…
The Lost Art Of Keeping Secrets
Rice, daughter of lyricist Tim Rice, has created a brilliant portrait of post-World War II London and of a specific…
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