2012
At Drake’s Command
This first installment in Hill’s adventures of young Peregrine James, set during the height of Elizabethan ‘sea-dog’ days, has a…
Bow Tie: The First Manuscript of the Richards’ Trust
Editors' choice
The historical parts of Cherf’s book centre on the Egypt of the Pharaohs, however much of the plot is interwoven…
Creole Son
In 1872, Edgar Degas left Paris to visit New Orleans, the birthplace of his deceased mother and the current home…
Sapphire Blue
In this sequel to Ruby Red, reluctant time travelers Gwen and Gideon return to continue their adventures between worlds. The…
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…
The Hanging Garden
This short unfinished novel by the late Nobel prizewinner Patrick White (1912-1990) provides a tantalizing peek inside the minds of…
Camp 13
More creative non-fiction than historical novel, Camp 13 follows a year at a lumber camp in northwest Newfoundland in the…
A Sister’s Shame
This was a strange book, as despite the themes and the cover, which appealed to me, I just couldn’t get…
Windswept
Prepare to be swept away by this romance set in 1838. Virginia Ames has been shipwrecked in the Florida Keys…
Hattie Ever After
Editors' choice
Hattie Brooks, the intrepid heroine of the Newbery-honor winning Hattie Big Sky, has returned – in a sequel with a…
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