Hutchinson
The Spy
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Why was an adventuress, who rose to notoriety as an exotic dancer in pre-World War I Paris, executed by firing squad in 1917? Was ...Read Review
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 – A World on the Edge
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Rappaport tells the story of the Russian Revolution through a different perspective: that of the foreigners residing in or visiting St. Petersburg (renamed ...Read Review
A Gentleman in Moscow
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The “gentleman” of the title is Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, a charming Russian aristocrat who lives in a posh suite in Moscow’s ...Read Review
The House at the Edge of Night
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An island can be a secluded place of refuge. For those who spend their lives there, islands can also turn claustrophobic and isolating. ...Read Review
The Accidental Agent: A Jimmy Nessheim Novel
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In 1942 the USA is in a race against Nazi Germany to harness the colossal death-dealing potential of the atom bomb. And it seems ...Read Review
The Accidental Agent: A Jimmy Nessheim Novel
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Jimmy Nessheim (Fear Itself, The Little Tokyo Informant) is back for a third adventure, and up to his chin in troubles that the ...Read Review
Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West
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Scott’s thesis is that, in order to understand the past, we must examine the global interconnectedness of history. He examines three key ...Read Review
Where My Heart Used to Beat
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A retired doctor flees London for the south of France but can’t escape his own buried trauma. That is the core story ...Read Review
Exposure
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London 1960. Simon Callington is a relatively junior civil servant, working in naval intelligence. He has a German-born Jewish wife, Lily, who was brought ...Read Review
Willoughbyland: England’s Lost Colony
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Willoughbyland is the fascinating story of the rise and fall of a South American colony that I suspect many readers (including me) will ...Read Review
