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The Shogun’s Queen
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January 1853, or the Year of the Dog, third year of the Kaei era, a yang metal year – and an armed American fleet is ...Read Review
The Lost Girls
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As I said, I am the last. Since Lilith’s passing three years ago, the story of that summer has been mine alone ...Read Review
The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates
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An award-winning historian who also writes fiction can be expected to deliver excellence, and Haley doesn’t disappoint. In reply to currently popular ...Read Review
The Dragon’s Hoard
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I really enjoyed these eleven stories from the Viking sagas, obviously carefully chosen for their variety. Most involve fighting but sometimes, as in ...Read Review
Kingmaker: Divided Souls
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Third in a series of four, here is a product of vivid imagination and astute historical knowledge, tempered by fine writing skills. Toby ...Read Review
The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House
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Rosie Churchill, aged eighteen in 1965, has run away from home, hiding an ugly secret from her mother. She secures a flat at the ...Read Review
The Errant Hours
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The French mistress of an important English noble lies dying in childbirth, and the only person who can help is Ursula, a local ...Read Review
The Girl in the Glass Tower
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Queen Elizabeth I is ageing and without an heir. Arbella Stuart, niece to Mary Queen of Scots, is first in line for the ...Read Review
The Cigar Factory
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I’ve never been to Charleston, South Carolina, but this book brought the place alive for me. It presents a rich atmosphere, allowing ...Read Review
For King and Country
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When Henry de Grey left England to ride with his king in the third crusade, he was more of a boy than a ...Read Review
