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The Invitation

By Lucy Foley - Published 2016

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Cruising along the Italian Riviera in the 1950s sounds like a luxurious experience, and this feeling is conveyed to readers of Lucy Foley’...Read Review

No Man’s Land

By Simon Tolkien - Published 2016Published 2017

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Military

Simon Tolkien’s No Man’s Land is the story of Adam Raine, a poor London boy who moves first to Scarsdale, a ...Read Review

Closed Casket

By Sophie Hannah - Published 2016

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Mystery/Crime

Sophie Hannah has undertaken the formidable task of reintroducing Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot into the crime-solving world. Closed Casket is her second ...Read Review

Pharaoh

By Wilbur Smith - Published 2016

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Adventure

In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Tamose lies dying of a battle wound, and his weak, corrupt son Utteric seizes power, to the horror of ...Read Review

The Flame Bearer

By Bernard Cornwell - Published 2016

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Adventure

Though a fragile peace exists between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Britain and the last Norse-held kingdom of Northumbria, Uhtred begins his campaign to ...Read Review

Precious Things

By Kelly Doust - Published 2016

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This multi-stranded novel is more contemporary than historical, but it has several back stories that begin with a young bride in 1891 France and ...Read Review

Cavendon Hall

By Barbara Taylor Bradford - Published 2014

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Saga

Cavendon Hall, a frothy historical drama set in the wilds of Yorkshire, focuses on two families: the aristocratic Inghams and their devoted servants, ...Read Review

A Burnable Book

By Bruce Holsinger - Published 2014

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Thriller

A Burnable Book pitches you headlong into London, 1385, during the uneasy reign of Richard II. The story bursts with historical figures, including the ...Read Review

The Blood of Gods: A Novel of Rome

By Conn Iggulden - Published 2013

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AdventureMilitary

The fifth novel in Conn Iggulden’s Emperor series opens with the bloody assassination of Julius Caesar by “the Liberatores, who murdered the ...Read Review

River of Stars

By Guy Gavriel Kay - Published 2013

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Historical Fantasy

In his acknowledgements, Kay explains that his novel is “shaped by themes, characters, and events associated with China’s Northern Song Dynasty before ...Read Review