jay Dixon
When the Duke Returns
I find James’s work difficult to fathom. She is a Professor of Shakespeare studies, yet she uses such modern phrases…
The Debonair Duke
On her website, Emily Hendrickson says: ‘[T]oo many of the peers we encounter in Regency novels sound more American than…
Deadly Communion
This is the fifth book in Frank Tallis’ detective series, set at the beginning of the 20th century. Someone is…
A Time for Every Season
This is, I suppose, a saga, although it covers many themes – murder, blackmail, medicine, war and farming, to name…
House of Angels
This is the first book by Freda Lightfoot I have read and, despite the fact that I am not a…
The Silver Locomotive Mystery
The sixth book in the Railway Detective series of Victorian mysteries, The Silver Locomotive Mystery brings back Inspector Robert…
The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
In The Enemy at the Gate, Andrew Wheatcroft sets out the political background to the 1683 siege of Vienna in…
The Gladiator
The Gladiator is Simon Scarrow’s ninth book in his Roman series featuring Macro and Cato. This time the intrepid duo…
Instruments of Darkness
A crime novel set at the end of the 18th century, Instruments of Darkness has multiple points of view, and…
Remember Me
A saga set in Edwardian Britain, this is the story of Maddy Moon, a 17-year-old singer with a touring company…
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