Doug Kemp
Sweet Tooth
For many members of the HNS, the early 1970s may not seem to be very historical. But Ian McEwan’s new…
Beautiful Lies
Editors' choice
London, 1887. The country is absorbed by Queen Victoria’s Jubilee and Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show, with an economic…
The Uninvited Guests
This is a bizarre and fantastic story, which takes place over 24 hours in Sterne – a substantial English country…
Moll: The Life and Times of Moll Flanders
The eponymous heroine of Daniel Defoe’s novel, first published in 1722, is a well-known icon of female depravity. Moll was…
The Prague Cemetery
Renowned primarily for his novel The Name of the Rose, the reader approaches a new Eco work of fiction wondering…
The Ghost of Lily Painter
Split between the early-to-mid 20th century and contemporary North London, this novel has a true event as its core –…
Derby Day
Editors' choice
Any reader who likes the gentle and considered narratives of the novels of Trollope or Thackeray should enjoy this work…
Visions of England
This is a short, but cogently argued book, almost a monograph, which asks the question of just what is England…
A Man of Parts: A Novel
As I read this lengthy novel, I often needed to remind myself that it is a work of fiction and…
The Omnipotent Magician: Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown 1716-1783
The author has written an impressive number of books on gardening in England, and she now turns to look at…
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