2006
Song for Eloise
Eloise’s life in 12th-century France is happy until at fifteen she is married to a man twice her age. Her…
Eclipse
The problems of a Hungarian immigrant family in Cincinnati in 1952 as seen through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy.…
The Lady Grace Mysteries: Haunted
(1) 1570. Queen Elizabeth is on her summer Royal Progress and the court is staying with Reynold Waldegrave, 5th Earl…
The Penalty
A young soccer star from the poorest community of Puerto Rico goes mysteriously missing after performing uncharacteristically badly in an…
Ophelia
Ophelia’s story emanates from the Shakespearian play Hamlet. This is what might have happened to Ophelia if she had survived.…
Blue
There are two main themes in this book. The first concerns the polio epidemic in North Carolina in 1944…
The Diamond of Drury Lane
(1) London, 1780. The playwright and theatre manager Richard Sheridan rescues an abandoned child and brings her to the Theatre…
The Book Thief
This is a tale narrated by Death, or the Grim Reaper. He (or she or indeed it) tells the story…
Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775
One of the major ironies of American history is that one of the first policy decisions taken by the American…
Where Soldiers Lie
In this coming-of-age novel set during the Mutiny of 1857, John Wilson gives the reader an unblinking look at a…
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