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The Hidden Heart of Emily Hudson
As a devoted reader of Henry James, I was drawn to this book by the Jamesian feel of even the…
The Hidden Heart of Emily Hudson
As a devoted reader of Henry James, I was drawn to this book by the Jamesian feel of even…
The Concubine’s Daughter
The wealth of detail about Chinese history and culture gives this book an edge over other stories that tell a…
The Swan Thieves
Editors' choice
An enchanting story and a deeply human experience. At the end of it, one feels compelled to paint, or write,…
The Greatest Knight
The life of William Marshal is remarkably well documented for a less-than-royal contemporary of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard Lionheart and…
The Foreign Field
Editors' choice
This is the 31st installment in Harrod-Eagles’ Morland Dynasty series, which traces 500 years of British history from the point…
The Fraud
The time is the 18th century. The Marshalls are a faded gentry family living in Bristol. After both parents and…
A Vein of Deceit
This is the 15th chronicle in the series featuring Matthew Bartholomew, a Fellow of Michaelhouse College. Living in 14th-century Cambridge,…
Outlaw
Retellings of the Robin Hood legend are always interesting. This novel tells the tale from the point of view of…
The Girl from Junchow
Lydia Ivanovna is The Girl From Junchow. When Lydia was five, she and her Russian mother went to China to…
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