20th Century
Above the East China Sea
Genres:
This novel opens in 1945 as Tamiko, fifteen years old and pregnant, jumps from Okinawa Island’s Suicide Cliffs, which loom above the East ...Read Review
Poppy
Genres:
Christmas, 1914, the country is at war. But for Poppy Pearson, parlourmaid to the de Veres, life goes on as normal; except that young ...Read Review
Zepplin Nights
Genres:
When one thinks of London and war, one inevitably thinks of the Blitz. But London historian Jerry White has written an account of ...Read Review
The Web and the Wing
Genres:
The Great War is over, but nothing at Ardleagh Hall will ever be the same. Instead of coming home for Easter, Austen, eldest ...Read Review
The Wild Dark Flowers: A Novel of Rutherford Park
Genres:
The Wild Dark Flowers is the second novel in the Rutherford Park series. It begins in 1915. Harry Cavendish, the son and heir, is ...Read Review
After the Exhibition
Genres:
An exhibition of church art sounds sedate, but murder soon intrudes into this cozy, 1920s English mystery. Set in London and bucolic Whimbrell ...Read Review
The Two Hotel Francforts
Genres:
Leavitt’s most recent success (after The Lost Language of Cranes, 2011) takes readers to Lisbon early in World War II. In a way, ...Read Review
Last Night at the Blue Angel
Genres:
Naomi Hill wants to be famous, with her name up in lights, and she’s got the voice to make that happen. She ...Read Review
Chateau of Secrets
Genres:
Dobson’s latest historical novel for Christian imprint Howard Books features an appealing dual timeframe. In 1940 Normandy, young noblewoman Gisele Duchant waits in ...Read Review
The Tin Snail
Genres:
The Tin Snail by Cameron McAllister is a charming, somewhat old-fashioned read that delights with its humour, adventure, patriotism and love. Invoking the ...Read Review