Edwardian
The Abortionist’s Daughter
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The dark tragedy that hangs over Elisa DeCarlo’s novel happened six years before the opening scene; Horace Daniels, a doctor in the ...Read Review
Beyond the Silk Mills
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The life story of feisty, sensitive Sophie, the main character in Leslie Rupley’s richly textured novel Beyond the Silk Mills, is closely ...Read Review
Arctic Summer
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Spanning the years from 1906 to 1924, Arctic Summer transports readers from England to India and Egypt in this fictional biography of E. M. Forster. ...Read Review
Easterleigh Hall
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On some occasions it may be perfectly justified to judge a book by its cover, and in this case, you would be absolutely ...Read Review
Nothing Undone Remained
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I’m not the target audience for this as I am not interested in, for instance, cricket, which according to Roderick, the Edwardian ...Read Review
Vanessa and Her Sister
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There is great fascination with what came to be called The Bloomsbury Group – not merely the Stephen siblings (including artist Vanessa and writer ...Read Review
The Madman of Piney Woods
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Newbery Medal winner Christopher Paul Curtis returns to the town of Buxton (Elijah of Buxton), a community of ex-slaves, and adds neighboring Chatham ...Read Review
Egg and Spoon
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Set in the last years of the Russian monarchy, Egg and Spoon is a fanciful mix of history, folklore, philosophy, childhood fantasy, silliness, ...Read Review
Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France
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Edward VII has traditionally been regarded as of little political importance; and his years as Prince of Wales largely viewed as a series ...Read Review
The Songbird’s Seduction
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Orphaned Lucy Eastlake was raised by her two impoverished maiden aunts. Growing up without the restrictions placed upon the young women of her ...Read Review