Gwen Sly
Man of War
In 1827 the Battle of Trafalgar is twenty years in the past and the everlasting peace in Europe, which was…
Nobody’s Child
Valerie Wood is very good at what she does, with a specific style which permeates all her books. Nobody’s Child…
Troy: Shield of Thunder
Editors' choice
Plain-faced Helen sits behind the walls of Troy, married to Paris but never to Menelaus; Andromache loves another but is…
Filming: A Love Story
In 1947 the subcontinent of India gained independence from Great Britain and religious freedom, resulting in the partition of the…
Katey: The Life and Loves of Dickens’ Artist Daughter
Lucinda Hawksley, a direct descendant of Charles Dickens, demonstrates that family history can be of great interest to outsiders. Katherine…
Daughter of the Crocodile
If Duncan Sprott is to be believed, the Ptolemys, rulers of Egypt for twelve generations, were the first dysfunctional family.…
One Step At A Time
Amy Carter at 14 lived in rented rooms in Wapping, her mother suffering from TB and her father a merchant…
The Serpent’s Tooth
Michelle Paver has written a very good book in The Serpent’s Tooth. It is the final part of her Eden…
The Other Eden
In 1924 Eleanor Rose turns 21 and inherits her family estate in Louisiana, ‘Eden’s Meadow’. Left an orphan as…
Family of Women
Family of Women is set in Birmingham between the years 1926 and 1960 but spans more than half a…
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