jay Dixon
An Invitation to Dance
An Invitation to Dance is a well-written and well-researched fictional biography of Lola Montez, an Irish-born woman who posed…
The Alchemy of Murder
Set in Paris during the Exposition of 1889, this historical crime novel takes the well-known American journalist Nellie Bly as…
Among the Mad
I first encountered Maisie Dobbs in her first outing in the book of that title, the premise of which –…
Lucasta
Brown-haired, brown-eyed Lucasta is not surprised when Viscount Kennington falls instantly in love with her blonde and blue-eyed sister, Camilla,…
Becoming Queen
Despite the picture on the cover of a young Queen Victoria, this book is actually about both her and Princess…
Valerie
This is a Regency romp first published in America in 1987 and now published in Britain. Valerie, the eponymous heroine…
An Awkward Commission
This is the third novel in Donachie’s 1790s naval series and so continues the story of John Pearce and his…
Yorkshire Rose
Presumably this will go on the romance shelves in libraries, but it is more a woman’s coming-of-age story than a…
Death in Hellfire
This is the latest novel in Deryn Lake’s excellent John Rawlings mystery series. After his adventures in Cornwall, told in…
Companion to Women’s Historical Writing
This book explores ‘the many different ways in which women have researched and written history’ in over 150 entries, from…
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