2008
Tennyson
In 1932 Louisiana, Emery Fontaine leaves daughters Tennyson and Hattie on the decaying ancestral doorstep while he searches for their…
The Jewel Trader of Pegu
In the 1590s, news reached Italy of the source of Asia’s outstanding jewels. Sailors’ tales were backed by samples, and…
Guinevere’s Gift
In modern Arthurian fiction, Arthur’s queen is usually portrayed as either an imperious and wilful manipulator, or a (largely) innocent…
The Broken Kings: Book Three of the Merlin Codex
In pre-Arthurian times, Merlin watches the fortress of Taurovinda become the focus of devastating change. For the dead world of…
Silent in the Sanctuary
Silent in the Sanctuary reacquaints the readers of Silent in the Grave with widowed Lady Julia Grey and the inscrutable…
Resistance
Editors' choice
What if… the Germans had bested the Allies in the Normandy Invasion? What if… the Germans had then crossed the…
The Bone Garden
This story begins in present-day Boston, where Julia Hamill is newly divorced. While working in the overgrown garden of her…
People of the Book
Editors' choice
This wonderful gem has convinced me to put Geraldine Brooks’s other novels on my to-be-read list. Set both in the…
An Incomplete Revenge
Wandering gypsies and East Enders from London converge in 1931 for the traditional September hops-picking by migrant workers, in the…
The Last Princess
The pendulum of public opinion seems to have swung as far as it will go with regard to Queen Victoria…
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