20th Century
The Wanderers
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Expelled from the Prideau estate where his brother works, a boy named Leo Sercombe begins an odyssey in 1912 across the moors and small ...Read Review
1917: War, Peace, and Revolution
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After nearly three years of worldwide global conflict and warfare the likes of which the world had never seen, the battle lines had ...Read Review
Santa Fe Mourning
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Santa Fe Mourning is the promising start to a new series. It is set in the 1920s when losses from the First World ...Read Review
The Poppy Girls
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The Poppy Girls takes us to Belgium during World War I. The Poppy Girls of the title form part of a quick-response group ...Read Review
The Woman at 1,000 Degrees
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Whilst telephone-canvassing during the 2006 Icelandic municipal elections, the author encountered an opinionated, irascible, mischievous old lady who had been living alone in a ...Read Review
Ike and Kay
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During World War II, British senior military officials and American media sources alike were scandalised by the close relationship between Ike Eisenhower, the ...Read Review
Ecstasy
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This is an intimate deep-dive into the thoughts of the composer Alma Schindler Mahler during her marriage to Gustav Mahler. Her upbringing in ...Read Review
The Darkling Bride
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Hold up your hand, and tick off the Gothic conventions one by one: atmospheric, crumbling family home; older, brooding yet ridiculously handsome hero; ...Read Review
The Amber Beads
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Julie’s summer plans have been completely upended. She needs to travel to Michigan and sort through the contents of her great-grandmother Olga’...Read Review
The Other Lady Vanishes
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The Other Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick (aka Jayne Anne Krentz) takes the reader to glamorous Burning Cove, California, playground of the rich ...Read Review
