Editors' Choice

Or Forever Be Damned

By C.S. Burrough - Published 2014

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Once, not so long ago, a little island nation ruled over an empire on which the sun never set. This is a simple ...Read Review

Enemy of Rome

By Douglas Jackson - Published 2014

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AdventureMilitary

Enemy of Rome is the latest instalment in a series following the exploits of a former gladiator, Gaius Valerius Verrens. The book itself ...Read Review

Mademoiselle Chanel

By C.W. Gortner - Published 2015

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Biographical Fiction

Gabrielle Chanel, the destitute country orphan who remade herself into Coco Chanel, the 20th century’s most celebrated designer, lived a life of ...Read Review

The Price of Blood

By Patricia Bracewell - Published 2015

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Biographical Fiction

In this, the second in an anticipated trilogy (following Shadow on the Crown, Issue 63) about the life of Emma of Normandy, wife to ...Read Review

The Girl Next Door

By Ruth Rendell - Published 2014

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Mystery/Crime

Fans of prolific and award-winning author Rendell will not be disappointed by her latest novel. On the outskirts of war-torn London in the 1940...Read Review

Winter Siege

By Ariana Franklin - By Samantha Norman - Published 2014 (UK)Published 2015 (US & Can)

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Mystery/CrimeThriller

During the brutal winter of 1141, Stephen and Matilda tore England apart in their battle for its crown. The innocent were not spared, and ...Read Review

The Voices

By Frank Tallis - Published 2014

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Mystery/CrimeThriller

Tallis’ recent move away from the Max Liebermann Mysteries, set in early 20th-century Vienna, into more modern-era psychological mysteries comes solidly into its ...Read Review

The Sharp Hook of Love

By Sherry Jones - Published 2014

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Biographical Fiction

Pierre Abélard and Héloïse d’Argenteuil’s tragic 12th-century Parisian romance is one of the most famous real love affairs ...Read Review

Woman in the Shadows (Clara Vine)

By Jane Thynne - Published 2014Published 2016Published 2016-09-06

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Thriller

Clara Vine is an actress, working in Germany, but she hides a deep secret. She is an undercover British Intelligence agent in a ...Read Review

Succession

By Livi Michael - Published 2014 (UK & Can)Published 2015 (US)

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Succession is a powerfully written account of the 15th-century Wars of the Roses, when the House of Lancaster struggled with their cousins, the ...Read Review