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Molly & the Captain
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This book takes its name from a picture of his two daughters made by the 18th-century painter William Merrymount. The other daughter in ...Read Review
Woman, Captain, Rebel: The Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain
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Thurídur Einarsdóttir (1777-1863) was born in a hamlet on the harsh coast of Iceland, the child of a poor seasonal fishing ...Read Review
Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade’s Journey
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Scotland, 1746, and Jamie MacGillivray, shivering in the rain, brings a message from France to Lord Lovat, the Auld Fox, his Hogarth portrait vividly ...Read Review
A Child of the Dales
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1785: On the edges of the Yorkshire moors and dales, a mother and her foundling daughter make their living running a remote inn, with ...Read Review
The Curious Life of Elizabeth Blackwell
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Aberdeen, 1730: the cultured, restless Elizabeth Blachrie resists her parents’ attempts to marry her to a dull but suitable man, for she is in ...Read Review
Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story
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In 1756, an 11-year-old African boy is on guard in his village while his parents go to market. He spots slave traders who terrorise ...Read Review
A Time to Fight
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Once a grenadier in the Royal Army, Will Sturt returns home to Goudhurst, England, after four years of fighting. Much has changed, but ...Read Review
The Weather Woman
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Neva, a Russian girl, has a gift—she can predict the weather. In January 1789, the Thames is frozen over, and London is enjoying ...Read Review
A Wild & True Relation
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Sherwood quickly captures the reader’s imagination in this blistering tale of early 18th-century love, betrayal, murder, and revenge, wrapped up in a ...Read Review
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
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There is much to recommend in this debut novel by the writer and actor, Paterson Joseph. The book is in many ways a ...Read Review