Bloomsbury
Saxon Tales: The Lord Who Lost His Head
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The Lord Who Lost his Head is set in the 8th century in the reign of King Offa of Mercia (famous for building ...Read Review
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
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When war broke out in Europe in 1914, artist Claude Monet, 74, had apparently retired to his home in Giverny, just north of Paris. Monet ...Read Review
The House at Bishopsgate
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1611: Merchant Paul Pindar and his wife, Celia, return to London after years spent living abroad in Aleppo and Constantinople. But Celia’s past ...Read Review
Lincoln in the Bardo
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Saunders’ first novel is surreal, with a meandering plot and 100+ garrulous characters who are invisible, at least to us. The death of 11-year-old ...Read Review
Mark of the Cyclops: An Ancient Greek Mystery
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
Classical Athens. Nico, a thwarted writer, is secretary to Master Ariston, a professional poet and singer. Thrax is Ariston’s personal slave, an ...Read Review
The Pearl Thief
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Elizabeth Wein is a prolific writer, but this is her first book ‘set where I live’. It portrays a deep love for her ...Read Review
My Name Is Victoria
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
1820s. Princess Victoria is being brought up in almost total isolation in Kensington Palace. Her mother is under the thumb of Sir John ...Read Review
Before We Sleep
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World War II’s effects are felt for two generations in Lent’s powerful family story, set both the postwar period and 1967. The ...Read Review
So High a Blood: The Story of Margaret Douglas, the Tudor that Time Forgot
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Margaret Douglas was Henry VIII’s niece. At age fifteen, he invited her to his Christmas court. She became a lady in waiting ...Read Review
The Gun Room
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Photographs of the Vietnam War have seared their way into the American psyche. While no war is pristine, the post-traumatic stress syndrome from ...Read Review
