Victorian
Children of Sugarcane
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Madras, India, late 1860s: Shanti, a lowly village girl, fears marriage, despite having loving parents. It’s how things are. Girls must be ...Read Review
A Sin of Omission
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A heart-wrenching story elevated through luminous writing, Marguerite Poland’s fictional tribute to a historical Black South African missionary was shortlisted for the 2020 ...Read Review
A Rip Through Time
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Armstrong’s novel requires the suspension of disbelief: a woman nearly murdered and left for dead wakes up 150 years earlier. Just before she’...Read Review
Spring of Hope (A Gaslight Mystery, 4)
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A letter from Wilkie Collins as he lay dying in 1889 recalls an incident from 30 years before. It’s the time of the Great ...Read Review
The Language of Food (UK) / Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen (US)
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It’s not often you find a book that’s a real feast, but this is one of them. Annabel Abbs’ novel is ...Read Review
The Price of Glory
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In 1839, Richard Mallet, called Aeneas, is in Cairo to unravel the secrets of the Kushite language. In a souk, he rescues Analiese (Ana) ...Read Review
The Tivoli Murders
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London, 1891. The Ripper murders have ground to a halt, although nobody has been arrested. London is still jittery, so when two men are ...Read Review
Ripped Away
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Children/YAMystery/CrimeTime-slip
When the fortune teller asks Abe what he’d change about his life, he responds, “I guess I’d be a different person…...Read Review
Perseverance Place
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1890 Edinburgh. When Brabazon Nairn’s husband Duncan is bankrupted, they and their two teenage sons, Henry and Laurence, must start over, taking up ...Read Review
Breaking the Maafa Chain
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Based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, known as an African princess and goddaughter of Queen Victoria, Breaking the Maafa Chain ...Read Review