2014
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal
Fourteen-year-old Mateo is desperate to escape Cuba and an abusive father scarred by the war with Spain. The Americanos are…
The Demon’s Blood
This is a factual history of the House of Plantagenet from 1147, when Empress Matilda’s son, Henry, landed in Dorset…
Without Leave
In 1967 San Francisco, Seaman David Shields is on shore leave from the USS Loyola, having returned from service in…
Orphans and Inmates
Seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, Ciara Sloane, begins her adventures at the start of Rosanne Higgins’ novel Orphans and Inmates in the…
Annaliese from Off
The action of Lindy Keane Carter’s deeply impressive debut novel Annaliese From Off starts in relative domestic tranquility: in 1900,…
Whore of Babylon
We meet Eliana some months after the Babylonians have conquered her city of Nippur. Her sister is on the eve…
Demon Hunter Severian – Lady of the Night Gates
Demon Hunter Severian is an exciting tale of mystery and action about Aurelius Severian, a demon hunter who works for…
The House at Zaronza
This emotionally powerful novel is set on Corsica, and the island itself is the most important character. I could see…
Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant
Hilary Mantel’s award-winning novels have sparked a renewed interest in Thomas Cromwell, a man best known for engineering Anne Boleyn’s…
Us Conductors
Sean Michaels’ debut novel has already won Canada’s 2014 Scotiabank Giller prize and deservedly so. It is a fictionalised account…
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