20th Century
The Big Town
The “big town” is any big town, and the time is 1929, the summer before the crash. Harry Hennesey is…
Catherine of Deepdale
In 1946, Catherine Jameson leaves Southampton for the Shetland Isles, home of her new husband, Robbie, anticipating an idyllic island…
The Age of Desire
Editors' choice
It’s the winter of 1907. Edith Wharton, already famous for her fiction, attends Comtesse Rosa’s glamorous Paris salon, as she…
Every Man for Himself
This is a fictionalized account of the sinking of the Titanic, originally published in 1996 and now reissued, as have…
Memory of the Abyss
Returning home late one night, Felice Stocchino and his young son, Samuele, are refused a glass of water at a…
Hellfire
This is the fourth wartime novel from author James Holland to feature the rough and ready Jack Tanner, an uncompromising…
Wentworth Hall
It’s England, 1912, and the Darlington family is on the verge of collapse. With rumors of falling finances and scandal…
No Empty Chairs: The Short and Heroic Loves of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War
I was riveted by Mackersey’s account from the first page. On the technical side, he makes his in-depth knowledge and…
I Am Forbidden
Editors' choice
In Anouk Markovits’s outstanding novel, the title words could apply to many scenarios within its pages: cultures, relationships, and expectations…
Prague Fatale
Prague Fatale continues Philip Kerr’s popular Bernie Gunther series. It is June of 1942, and the cynical homicide detective is…
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