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The Wedding Gift

By Marlen Suyapa Bodden - Published 2013

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Sarah is the daughter of a slave and Mr Allen, an Alabama plantation owner. She plays with and shares lessons (illegally – slaves were ...Read Review

One Night in Winter

By Simon Sebag Montefiore - Published 2013

Genres:

Thriller

In Russia of 1945, Stalin is continuing to dominate the political scene, and all Russians live with the underlying fear of arrest, interrogation and ...Read Review

Midnight in St Petersburg

By Vanora Bennett - Published 2013

Genres:

Literary

Set during the convulsions and upheavals of revolutionary Russia, this novel is centred around Inna Feldman, who decides to flee Kiev after witnessing ...Read Review

The Malice of Fortune

By Michael Ennis - Published 2012Published 2013

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LiteraryMystery/CrimeThriller

In the midst of an upsurge in interest in the Borgias, Ennis’s new historical thriller is, at the very least, well-timed, and ...Read Review

The Reckoning

By Alma Katsu - Published 2012

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

The second book of The Taker Trilogy, this novel promises to be a supernatural thriller, the kind of story in which people chase ...Read Review

The Taker

By Alma Katsu - Published 2011

Genres:

Historical FantasyThriller

When Lanny arrives in police custody at the St. Andrew ER, she meets Luke, the physician on duty, a man recently divorced and ...Read Review

In the King’s Name

By Alexander Kent - Published 2011

Genres:

AdventureMilitary

In the King’s Name is the latest in a long naval series, set during the Napoleonic wars, ‘starring’ first Richard Bolitho and ...Read Review

Death and the Maiden

By Frank Tallis - Published 2011

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

1903. After the scandal and tragedy of Mayerling, Vienna is herself again. The scents and flavours are as delectable as ever: coffee, pastries, perfume ...Read Review

Egyptian Dawn

By Robert Temple - Published 2010

Genres:

Nonfiction

The author is well known for his television documentaries which challenge various widely accepted views on early Egyptian history. Here, he argues that ...Read Review

The Pursuit

By Peter Smalley - Published 2010

Genres:

Nautical

Set in the spring of 1792, the title captures the main thrust of the 36-gun frigate HMS Expedient’s crew mission in this, the ...Read Review