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The Picture Book
‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ has a considerable following on TV as well-known people delve into family history. Author…
The Tea Lords
Haasse’s books have achieved classic status in her native Netherlands, and this is the first to be translated for 15…
The Konkans
Lawrence D’Sai is the firstborn son of a firstborn son, part of a line that stretches back generations. He’s…
Gregorius
In 1905 Hjalmar Soderberg’s Dr Glas was published—a fictionalised journal of the murder of an obese clergyman in late 19th-century…
Secret
Editors' choice
This autobiographical novel tells the story of young Philippe’s childhood in post-war Paris. The sickly only child of glamorous, athletic…
Wintering
In the late 1950s, bankrupt Jaguar salesman Jim Parker must start his life over again in a village near Glastonbury.…
The Officer’s Daughter
Editors' choice
Sixteen-year-old Marta always wanted to be a soldier like her father, an officer in the Polish army. Instead she has…
This Time Of Dying
Editors' choice
This most unusual first novel chronicles the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic in London. The story opens with flu-stricken Dr. Wey…
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