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A Plague of Serpents (Daniel Pursglove)
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The year is 1608, three years after the Gunpowder Plot. The plague which had seemed to be subsiding is returning, spreading panic and fear ...Read Review
A Girls’ Guide to Winning the War
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As the title suggests, this is not a wholly serious book, but it is far from being a satire. It is a feel-good ...Read Review
Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade
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Following on her best-selling The Paris Library, Charles returns to the book stacks for a dual-timeline novel centered on the Great War and ...Read Review
The Stargazers
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A disordered childhood and abusive parents can cast a long shadow over adult life. The Stargazers is the story of Sarah, who has ...Read Review
Mary I: Queen of Sorrows (UK) / The Passionate Tudor (US)
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A lot has been written about Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and queen regnant of England, in the last 25 years. Most of ...Read Review
Pelican Girls
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Pelican Girls tells a vivid and potent story of women first discarded by society then sent as brides to shore up the floundering ...Read Review
The Traitor’s Wife
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Naples was the first European city outside the Soviet Union to be liberated from the Germans in WW2. It set the pattern for ...Read Review
The Air Raid Book Club
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At one level this is another feel-good book about the resilience of the British people during the wartime bombardment, not just the Blitz ...Read Review
The Paris Deception
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During WW2, Paris was filled with German military forces. Some focused on more than warfare – they saw potential for personal profit from selling ...Read Review
The Housekeepers
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Only a few weeks after the death of her father, Miss de Vries nonetheless decides to hold an elaborate costume ball in her ...Read Review