2007
Bluebird, or the Invention of Happiness
Editors' choice
Upon occasion a reviewer is familiar with the source material for a fictional biographical novel, and therefore dreads the transformation…
Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead
Queen Nefertiti, wife of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten, has disappeared right before the all-important Jubilee celebration. Theban detective Rai Rahotep…
The Garden of Ruth
In the small town of Bethlehem, Osnath, niece of the prophet Samuel, finds an old scroll purporting to be written…
An Impossible Confession
Helen Fairmead first meets Lord Drummond in slightly risqué circumstances and finds it impossible to confess her true identity to…
My Mother’s Lovers
In a recent talk at the University of East Anglia, Christopher Hope described Africa as “a great comic opera” which…
Ghostwalk
This is a strange and intriguing book, part detective mystery, part love story, part ghost story. It is set in…
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
Dancing in the Streets is a compilation of essays celebrating the collective joy demonstrated through ritual dancing. Throughout history, dance…
Marc Antony’s Heroes
The fourth in his Roman Legion series, Mark Antony’s Heroes brings us the story of the III Gallica, one of…
The Teahouse Fire
In New York in 1865, little Aurelia Corneille, the illegitimate child of a French maid, is orphaned. Her uncle Charles…
The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
The Buried Book begins with the 19th century rediscovery of the Epic of Gilgamesh – the world’s first accounting of…
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