2004
Candlemoth
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I approached Candlemoth with some apprehension. Its framing device is the story of a man on Death Row in 1982, recounting to a sympathetic ...Read Review
Big Breasts & Wide Hips
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No matter who holds the rifles in China—invading Japanese, nationalist Kuomintang or the Communists—the problem is the same for “Mother”: a ...Read Review
The Jade Cat
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The Løvin family has survived world-changing events, including two world wars and the persecution of Jews by the Nazis, but the dramas ...Read Review
The Magician’s Death
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The Magician’s Death is the 14th of Paul Doherty’s Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries. Playing on the rivalry between England’s Edward ...Read Review
Regency Buck
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Judith Taverner and her brother, Peregrine, find themselves under the guardianship of the mysterious Lord Worth following their father’s untimely death. They ...Read Review
Cassandra and Jane
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One wonders what interest a fictionalized account of the life of Jane Austen might hold for any but the most enthusiastic fans of ...Read Review
The Irish Dresser: A Story of Hope During the Great Hunger (an Gorta Mor, 1845-1850)
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Thirteen-year-old Nora McCabe narrates the story of her family and friends in mid-19th century Ireland, and the upheaval caused by the potato ...Read Review
An Infamous Army: A Novel of Wellington, Waterloo, Love and War
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This is a well-documented account of the Battle of Waterloo from the British army’s point of view. The social events surrounding and ...Read Review
Never Surrender
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Of all the iconic images of the Second World War, none is more etched in the public mind than the picture of a ...Read Review
Song for Eloise
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Eloise’s life in 12th-century France is happy until at fifteen she is married to a man twice her age. Her political match ...Read Review