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The Reluctant Queen
In 1578, Henry, King of Navarre, is reunited with his bride, Queen Margot, daughter of Catherine de Medici. Their political…
Snow Hall
In 1907 County Durham, Lorna Robson lives in poverty, selling hats. Then Aidan Hedley, handsome solicitor for the Carlyle family,…
Death at Pompeia’s Wedding
This is the latest in the series of Libertus detective stories written by Rosemary Rowe. As Rosemary Aitken, she has…
The Lie
Neither the nondescript title, nor the bleak cover, does justice to this outstanding wartime saga, a charming family story with…
Falconer and the Ritual of Death
Oxford University, 1271, and Regent Master William Falconer is presented with a skeleton—minus its head—discovered when an old building is…
The Joys of my Life
This is the latest and last of the Hawkenlye mysteries, based at the fictitious Hawkenlye Abbey in the Weald of…
The Fairfax Legacy
The story opens in 1921, with eight-year-old Elena Fairfax eavesdropping on a quarrel between her parents, Oscar and Hermione. “When…
Garlands of Gold
Set in 17th-century Rotterdam, this is the tale of Saskia, a lady’s maid to a wealthy merchant’s wife. Saskia’s real…
A Bouquet of Thorns
In A Bouquet of Thorns, Tania Crosse continues the story of Rose Maddiford, the free-spirited Dartmoor mill-owner’s daughter she introduced…
Pryde and the Infernal Device
This novel continues the adventures of engineer, Matthew Pryde, which began in Pryde’s Rock (see HNR 39, Feb. 2007). In…
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