Duckworth
Eliza Mace (Eliza Mace Mysteries)
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In the first book of a Victorian mystery series, set in the 1870s, the 16-year-old Eliza Mace is in a fix. Her warring ...Read Review
Sinners of Starlight City
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This riveting story plays out at the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago (Starlight City), but its setting also encompasses Sicily during the years ...Read Review
The Messenger of Measham Hall (Measham Hall, Book 2)
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When we first meet the protagonist, Nicholas Hawthorne, it is 1678. The twelve-year-old is the Catholic heir to Measham Hall in Derbyshire, a safe ...Read Review
Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London
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Very often when choosing our favourite historical periods, we conclude our remarks with the get-out, ‘Only if I was rich.’ Jensen’s superb ...Read Review
The Soviet Sisters: A Novel of the Cold War
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If you can’t trust your sister, who can you trust? If you can’t trust your own government, your lover, your superiors, ...Read Review
Arcadian Days
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Does the world really need another retelling of the classic Greek myths? When it comes from renowned historical novelist John Spurling, the answer ...Read Review
Queen of Heaven (Maid of Gascony, Book 2)
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This second instalment of the memoirs of Lady Isabella d’Albret Courteault starts in 1453, in South Wales after Isabella has just said farewell ...Read Review
The Master of Measham Hall
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1665: Charles II has returned from exile and is now king, but the Civil War still casts its long, dark shadow, intensified by the ...Read Review
The Spirit Engineer
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Set in Ireland between 1914 and 1920, The Spirit Engineer is based on the true story of William Jackson Crawford and his encounters with the ...Read Review
The Young Survivors
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Even before the outbreak of World War II, the Laskowski children’s lives aren’t easy. Their parents are Polish Jews who have ...Read Review