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All Clear
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The delights of Blackout and All Clear – which are, despite appearances, one novel – are hard to describe in a small space. The revivified ...Read Review
The Forever Queen
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The Forever Queen follows the career of Norman lady Emma from the time she is married at thirteen to Anglo-Saxon Aethelred “the Unready” ...Read Review
Jimmy’s Stars
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Ellie doesn’t want her brother Jimmy to go to war. He’s her favourite person in the whole world. Smug Victoria Gandeck ...Read Review
The Secret Mandarin
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In London, 1842, actress Mary Penny has brought disgrace on her respectable family. Mary’s brother-in-law, botanist Robert Fortune, forces her to accompany him ...Read Review
Moon over Manifest
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Abilene Tucker is used to living on the road with her father, Gideon. But one summer during the Depression, Gideon sends Abilene to ...Read Review
The Elephant’s Journey
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It is hard to know which sentiment dominated my reading of this book: sadness at the passing of such a great author, or ...Read Review
A Different Sky
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This great sprawl of a novel is set in Singapore from 1927 to 1956. It follows the fortunes of three children who first meet when ...Read Review
Far Above Rubies
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Catherine Dickens is the subject of Far Above Rubies. She was married not only to one of the most famous novelists of the ...Read Review
The Blind Contessa’s New Machine
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Eighteen-year-old Contessa Carolina Fantoni lives a charmed life. She has a wealthy family, a beautiful estate, and is about to marry the most ...Read Review
Chocolate Cake with Hitler
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On 22nd April 1945, Helga Goebbels entered Hitler’s Bunker in Berlin. She was 12 years old and was accompanied by her five brothers and ...Read Review
