2013
Love, Freedom or Death
This is an adventure story and a love story set on Crete during WW2. New Zealand soldier Dudley Watkins, known…
Across the Waters of Time: Pliny Remembered
The long and incredibly varied life of Pliny the Elder forms the subject of Parejko’s fantastic book, taking readers on…
Paris
Editors' choice
Rutherfurd, an author known for his multigenerational epics set in some of the world’s most storied locales, tackles the City…
The Second Footman
Set against the glamorous background of nineteenth century France, and with the capriciousness of the Parisian elite opened up to…
The Five Acts of Diego Leon
The Mexican Revolution of the early 20th century disrupted the quiet rural life of the Leon family; loss, disease, and…
Ordinary Grace
Editors' choice
For the people of New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961 would be a summer of death, and that was especially true for…
The Nine Day Queen
This is much more the story of all three Grey sisters – Lady Jane, Lady Katherine and Lady Mary –…
Is This Tomorrow
Single mother Ava Lark is doing everything she can to raise her son alone. In the 1950s in Waltham, Massachusetts,…
The Turncoat
The Turncoat is a strong debut set mostly in British-occupied Philadelphia during the Revolutionary years 1777 to 1780. Kate Grey,…
The King’s Deception
It is 2010; the Government of Scotland wants to return a Pan-Am 103 bomber to Qadhafi’s Libya, and the Government…
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