2014 (UK)
Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase
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In present time, shy Roberta works in a bookstore in England, collecting bits and pieces of items she finds in various books. When ...Read Review
The Tightrope Walkers
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Dominic Hall is growing up in a pebble-dashed home in northern England in the post-WWII years. His father, a caulker in the shipyards, ...Read Review
Miss Carter’s War
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Marguerite Carter leaves France for England during World War II, living with memories (presented as small snippets throughout the book) of who she ...Read Review
Time and Again
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It is Christmas 2024 and ex-SAS operative turned social media celebrity, Hugh “Guts” Stanton (think Bear Grylls), is approached by a secretive group of ...Read Review
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Occasionally there are books published which simply demand the reader to take a new look on life. This is one – the reader may ...Read Review
The Fires of Autumn
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In 1912, a comfortable middle-class Parisian family, widowed Adolphe, his 15-year-old daughter Thérèse and his mother-in-law, sit down to Sunday lunch with ...Read Review
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
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There have always been significant and considerable gaps and uncertainties in the historical record of the life of William Shakespeare. These have prompted ...Read Review
Winter Siege
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During the brutal winter of 1141, Stephen and Matilda tore England apart in their battle for its crown. The innocent were not spared, and ...Read Review
John the Pupil
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In 1217, friar and magus Roger Bacon, an inventor and scientist, is teacher to a young man named John at a Franciscan monastery outside ...Read Review
The Tudor Bride
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The Tudor dynasty has recently enjoyed a renaissance in historical fiction. Most books focus on Henry VIII and his six wives, or his ...Read Review