2010
1492: The Year the World Began
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Felipe Ferńandez-Armesto’s contention in 1492: The Year the World Began is that in the titular year events occurred that shaped the global ...Read Review
Ransom
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Ransom is a diamond of a novel, tiny but flawless, prose so pared away and carefully constructed that however many times you read ...Read Review
The Fields of Fortune
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The Fields of Fortune is the latest work of the prolific Jessica Stirling. The book’s theme is not uncommon, but Ms. Stirling ...Read Review
Bellfield Hall: Or, The Observations of Miss Dido Kent
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Spinster Dido Kent rushes to grand Bellfield Hall to help her niece solve the mystery of the latter’s fiancé, who has thrown ...Read Review
The Roguish Miss Penn
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The Roguish Miss Penn is a delightful Regency romp through the fields of Cambridge and along the banks of the River Cam. Despite ...Read Review
Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
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This purports to be the story of Queen Victoria’s reign and historically it is reasonably well told but is so mixed up ...Read Review
To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
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The saga of William Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, began in 1877 when he was just 17 and killed a man in a ...Read Review
SPQR Xlll: The Year of Confusion
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The year of confusion in the subtitle refers to the year that Caesar introduced his new calendar, and the dictator has assigned our ...Read Review
The Boleyn Wife
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Though many books have been written about Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard, relatively few have surfaced about the elusive figure who knew them ...Read Review
Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape
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Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape, a new sequel to Pride and Prejudice, opens some years after Elizabeth Bennet has married her beloved Mr. ...Read Review
