Bloomsbury
The Horseman
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Leo Sercombe lives with his family, tenant farmers on an estate in rural Somerset, in 1911. He’s interested in nature, horses in particular, ...Read Review
Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Sherlock
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This is the fascinating story of how Arthur Conan Doyle developed one of the most beloved characters in English literature, Sherlock Holmes. Sims ...Read Review
Isabella of Castile: Europe’s First Great Queen
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Isabella of Castile was certainly a formidable queen. You may know her only from a whirlwind Western Civilization class as the Spanish queen ...Read Review
The Coming
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Much has been written about the Lewis and Clark expedition to the uncharted territories of America’s Northwest, including biographies of Sacajawea, the ...Read Review
Show Me A Mountain
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Fay Wong is a naïve young woman living in Kingston, Jamaica, during the 1950s and 1960s, before and after the British gave ...Read Review
Shield Maiden
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When King Alfred’s stronghold at Chippenham is invaded by the Danish Great Army led by Guthrum in 876, Alfred and his royal Saxon ...Read Review
The Blind Astronomer’s Daughter
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This novel focuses on the turbulent years in Ireland from 1791 to 1823, when the pursuit of astrology and the mapping of the solar system ...Read Review
The Secrets of Wishtide
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Set in 1850 England, this complex Victorian murder mystery has a feel of Charles Dickens. The author explains in an afterword that she was ...Read Review
Land of the Gods
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Lucan, a Celtic boy, hides when he sees the amazing, if frightening, sight of a legion of Roman soldiers. Unfortunately, he makes the ...Read Review
My Own Dear Brother
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If you have a personal security blanket, I recommend you have it close by when reading this book. Any book about World War ...Read Review
