Doug Kemp
Falstaff
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First published in 1976, Nye’s rambling autobiographical musings of the Shakespearean figure Sir John Falstaff is surprisingly contemporary in its approach and style. ...Read Review
A Less Boring History of the World
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Horrible History for adults is the best way I can pithily describe this. It is a breakneck gallop through all history from the ...Read Review
The Streets
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London 1882, and the young David Wildeblood starts work on Henry Marchmont’s staff as researcher/journalist on the weekly publication The Labouring Classes ...Read Review
Merivel: A Man of His Time
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This is a sequel to Tremain’s 1989 novel, Restoration, which was a memoir of Sir Robert Merivel, physician, bon-viveur, friend of Charles II ...Read Review
Sweet Tooth
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For many members of the HNS, the early 1970s may not seem to be very historical. But Ian McEwan’s new novel, which ...Read Review
Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City
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This is a broad-brush account of London’s most notorious crimes from the Middle Ages up to the present day, together with descriptions ...Read Review
Silver: Return to Treasure Island
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R.L. Stevenson’s novel has enchanted and fascinated generations of readers since its publication in the late 19th century. The story left ...Read Review
The Secret Archives of Sherlock Holmes
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June Thomson has published a number of these pastiches of the famous stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. They all consist of a series ...Read Review
Beautiful Lies
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London, 1887. The country is absorbed by Queen Victoria’s Jubilee and Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show, with an economic recession causing ...Read Review
The Uninvited Guests
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This is a bizarre and fantastic story, which takes place over 24 hours in Sterne – a substantial English country house. But the Swifts, the ...Read Review
