Editors' Choice

The Reason for Time

By Mary Burns - Published 2016

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Monday, July 21, 1919. A dirigible falls from the sky onto Chicago’s Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, a piece of glass hitting a young ...Read Review

1066 Turned Upside Down

By Alison Morton - By Anna Belfrage - By Annie Whitehead - By Carol McGrath - By Eliza Redgold - By G. K. Holloway - By Helen Hollick - By Joanna Courtney - By Richard Dee - Published 2016

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Alternate HistoryShort Stories

This volume is a collection of short stories by nine well-known authors, all concerned with the same theme – the intriguing ‘what if?’ of ...Read Review

The Spy of Venice

By Benet Brandreth - Published 2016

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Adventure

It is 1585 and England’s spymasters want to forge an alliance with Venice. A mission is arranged, using a group of travelling players ...Read Review

The Boston Castrato

By Colin W. Sargent - Published 2016

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At the turn of the 20th century in Naples, the Catholic Church is trying to remove some of its older, darker habits, but ...Read Review

The Forgotten: Aten’s Last Queen

By J. Lynn Else - Published 2013

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Biographical Fiction

Lynn Else’s debut novel, The Forgotten: Aten’s Last Queen, sets its action in the reign of the now-famous Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamen. ...Read Review

The Dark Lady’s Mask

By Mary Sharratt - Published 2016

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Biographical Fiction

It is not often that I read a novel that makes me want to do actual research on a person – in a good ...Read Review

Ginny Gall

By Charlie Smith - Published 2016

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Literary

Delvin, Ginny Gall’s African-American protagonist, is born in 1913 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His mother, a “good-time gal,” has to disappear fast when she’...Read Review

Insurrectio

By Alison Morton - Published 2016

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Alternate HistoryThriller

Ms Morton returns to the world of Roma Nova in her series about an alternate history of Europe, where the Roman Empire survives ...Read Review

License to Quill

By Jacopo Della Quercia - Published 2016

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Adventure

1604: In this historical romp, William Shakespeare is not only a playwright but part of the Ordinance Office – a double O agent – which is ...Read Review

And After the Fire

By Lauren Belfer - Published 2016

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Spanning centuries, this latest novel from Belfer (A Fierce Radiance, City of Light) is her most compelling yet. It is grounded in the ...Read Review

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