2006 (UK)

Fallen Skies

By Philippa Gregory - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2008 (US)

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Still in her teens in 1920, Lily Valance is embarking on a promising stage career as a singer. She is exceptionally beautiful and captivates ...Read Review

Shadows and Lies

By Marjorie Eccles - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

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Mystery/Crime

This mystery begins in 1909 when a woman called Hannah Smith is badly injured in a London omnibus accident and suffers a loss of ...Read Review

The Island

By Victoria Hislop - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

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As London-born Alexis Fielding, a modern-day college graduate, explores her past, she is drawn to visit a former Greek leper colony. This storyline, ...Read Review

The Highwayman’s Footsteps

By Nicola Morgan - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

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Children/Young Adult

Inspired by the famous poem by Alfred Noyes, ‘The Highwayman’, this novel is about a young upper-class boy, William de Lacey, who runs ...Read Review

The Blooding of Jack Absolute

By C.C. Humphreys - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

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Military

The Blooding of Jack Absolute, a prequel to the previously-published Jack Absolute, chronicles the bawdy and eventful youth of the inexhaustible main character, ...Read Review

The Mapmaker’s Opera

By Béa Gonzalez - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

Genres:

Literary

Praise for Béa Gonzalez’ The Mapmaker’s Opera abounds, with many critics and other reviewers comparing the author’s work to that ...Read Review

The Sister: A Novel of Emily Dickinson

By Paola Kaufmann (trans. William Rowlandson) - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

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Biographical Fiction

So little is known about Emily Dickinson that studies of her poetry provide the major insight into the recluse of Amherst, Massachusetts. Such ...Read Review

Troy: Shield of Thunder

By David Gemmell - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

Genres:

EpicSaga

Plain-faced Helen sits behind the walls of Troy, married to Paris but never to Menelaus; Andromache loves another but is betrothed to Hektor, ...Read Review

A Respectable Trade

By Philippa Gregory - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

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Literary

Fans of Gregory’s phenomenally successful Tudor novels will encounter a more somber, pensive writer in A Respectable Trade. Re-issued by Touchstone, this ...Read Review

Command

By Julian Stockwin - Published 2006 (UK)Published 2007 (US)

Genres:

AdventureNautical

It is the late 18th century, and Britain is at war with the French. At the start of the novel, Thomas Kydd is ...Read Review