Marilyn Sherlock
The Specimen
Between 1859 and 1866, Gwen Carrick and her sister Euphemia live by the Helford River in Cornwall. Gwen is an…
The Queen’s Promise
This is yet another book on the life of Anne Boleyn and her part in the reign of Henry VIII,…
Betrayal
Editors' choice
‘The repossession of Buenos Aires has been stained with such deliberate acts of treachery and perfidy as are not to…
The Queen’s Confidante
London 1501. Henry VII is on the English throne and has united the two houses of York and Lancaster after…
The Heat of the Sun
David Rain has imagined a sequel to the story in Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly. In the opera, Butterfly has a…
Renegade
The novel opens with a flashback to Armagh, Ireland, in 1135 with reference to the Staff of Malachy, an ancient…
The Harbour
A young American journalist is in Hong Kong primarily to write a society gossip book about the Soong sisters, three…
The Perfume Garden
Fluctuating between the Spanish Civil War and the present day, this book tells the story of three generations of a…
The Murderer’s Tale
There is a new prioress at St. Frideswide’s nunnery, and Dame Frevisse finds it difficult to get on with her.…
A Parliament of Spies
1368, in the reign of Richard II. Richard has summoned Parliament, and all the nobles must attend him at Westminster…
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