Orion
Treason of Sparta (The Long War)
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Treason of Sparta is the continuing story of Arimnestos of Plataea. This is listed as Book 7 and the final volume of The Long ...Read Review
The Excitements
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The Williamson sisters are in their nineties. Both World War II veterans, they spend their days being entertained by their kind nephew Archie, ...Read Review
A Wife’s Courage
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London, 1944: in the third book of Neale’s Battersea Tavern trilogy, the wife of the title is Maureen, unhappily married to the work-shy, ...Read Review
Psyche and Eros
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There has been a marked trend in recent years for the retelling of Greek myths, Jennifer Saint’s Elektra and Madeline Miller’s ...Read Review
A Most Agreeable Murder
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The first sentence of this entertaining Regency-era page-turner from Julia Seales offers fair warning that tongue-in-cheek is its most appropriate dance style, despite ...Read Review
Napoleon’s Spy
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Having produced 13 books set in classical times and a further trilogy set in the 12th century, the prolific Kane here turns his attention ...Read Review
The House of Whispers
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Rome 1938. From the first time she meets Dante Cavallera, piano teacher Eva Valenti is fascinated by the good-looking widower, father of her newest ...Read Review
The Ballroom Blitz
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Bombs are falling on London, the blackout is in full swing, and Londoners are making for the shelters as soon as the sirens ...Read Review
A Marriage of Fortune
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1467, and the Paston household in Norwich is rocked by crisis. As more crises occur, the book delves into the hearts and minds of ...Read Review
Marion Lane and the Deadly Rose
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London, 1959. In this the second of Willberg’s Marion Lane novels, she and her colleagues in Miss Brickett’s agency investigate the most ...Read Review