Quercus
Island of Wings
In 1830, the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge sends the Reverend Neil MacKenzie to St. Kilda, the remotest…
Death of a Radical
It’s 1812 and Raif Jarrett, agent to the Duke of Penrith, awaits a visit from his cousin. Favian is an…
The Story of Che Guevara
One might initially question the need for another biography of Che Guevara, whose doomed and beautiful face adorns posters, t…
Crucible of Secrets
Crucible of Secrets is Shona MacLean’s third novel, all of which feature Alexander Seaton. The third book of the adventures…
The Goldsmith’s Secret
“Love is short, forgetting is so long” wrote the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda in poem XX of Twenty Songs of…
Blossoms and Shadows
The arrival of the Western powers in Japan in the 1850s forced decades of simmering unrest into the open: a…
Belle’s Song
I love Katie Grant’s writing. Her characters are very real, flawed, humorous – likeable. In this novel, she gives herself…
Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One
This fascinating book pieces together what little is known about Gautama, the historical Buddha who lived – in accordance with…
Field Gray
Editors' choice
This latest installment in the Bernie Gunther series finds the former Berlin detective doing well in 1950s Cuba, that is,…
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Editors' choice
Everyone knows Madame Tussaud’s; the name conjures photo ops of smiling celebrities standing next to perfect likenesses of themselves in…
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