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Roseblood

By Paul Doherty - Published 2014

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1455, the seamier side of London: pestilence and threats of war (the uncivil kind) between the Houses of York and Lancaster with the throne ...Read Review

The Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai

By Barbara Lazar - Published 2013

Genres:

Epic

There’s nothing like fiction set in 12th-century Buddhist Japan to shake up one’s notions about feminine strength and bravery. Kozaishō, the ...Read Review

The Shangani Patrol

By John Wilcox - Published 2010

Genres:

Adventure Military

The year is 1889 and having recently returned from Khartoum, Simon Fonthill and his faithful sidekick 352 Jenkins are in Matabeleland. Accompanied by his redoubtable ...Read Review

The Shangani Patrol

By John Wilcox - Published 2010

Genres:

Adventure Military

The year is 1889 and having recently returned from Khartoum, Simon Fonthill and his faithful sidekick 352 Jenkins are in Matabeleland. Accompanied by his redoubtable ...Read Review

A Coin for the Ferryman

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2007

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Thriller

Gloucester, 189 AD. Celtic traditions, settlements and languages remain in the countryside, but in the towns Roman ways prevail, and all is peaceful. Until ...Read Review