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Ernestine
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The world of 16th-century Spain is a place where the Inquisition holds sway and autos-da-fé (the public burning of heretics) happen rather often. ...Read Review
Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights)
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Our Violent Ends is Chloe Gong’s sequel to her bestselling novel These Violent Delights. Her works are a reimagining of Shakespeare’s ...Read Review
Palmares
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Jones began her celebrated literary career as the protégée of Toni Morrison, and in the last fifty years has written a ...Read Review
Booth
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This is not a novel about John Wilkes Booth. In her author’s note at the beginning of the book, Fowler makes clear ...Read Review
The Christie Affair
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In 1926, renowned mystery author Agatha Christie disappeared for eleven days. When found, she claimed not to remember anything, a story she stuck to ...Read Review
The Gods of Green County
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Set in 1926, this perfectly stunning novel unravels the intricate threads of small-town life in Green County, Arkansas. In this rural and poverty-stricken land, ...Read Review
Hotel Portofino
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This drama set in a posh hotel in Portofino, Italy, successfully mixes the flavors of an Edwardian novel with Upstairs, Downstairs tensions and ...Read Review
A More Perfect Union
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Henry O’Toole escapes the Irish potato famine of 1848 and comes to America, unprepared for the hatred against the Irish that greets him ...Read Review
The Master of Measham Hall
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1665: Charles II has returned from exile and is now king, but the Civil War still casts its long, dark shadow, intensified by the ...Read Review
John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow
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In 1843, John Eyre leaves his position as a schoolmaster in Lowton, England, to become a private tutor for a pair of young boys ...Read Review