John Murray
Pilgrim: The Greatest Crusade
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In 1212, crusaders march to the Holy Land in order to wrest it back from the Saracens, who are now in control of all ...Read Review
Sarah’s Key
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Paris, 1942: ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski locks her four-year-old brother in a secret cupboard to keep him safe when the French police come to arrest ...Read Review
A Voyage Long and Strange : Rediscovering the New World
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Tony Horwitz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist with a penchant for history. He also likes to re-examine all things American. Here ...Read Review
A Golden Age
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Tahmina Anam, the author of this first novel, begins powerfully: “Dear Husband, I lost our children today.” The voice is that of ...Read Review
Hangman Blind
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This first novel in a new mystery series introduces Sister Hildegard, a Cistercian nun who wants nothing more than to find a suitable ...Read Review
The Slave Ship: A Human History
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Countless thousands of words have been written about the slave trade and the industries built upon its products. In The Slave Ship, historian ...Read Review
Blood Rock
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Summer 1565. The Knights of St John are under siege on the small island of Malta, facing the full might of the Ottoman Empire. ...Read Review
Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
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Oscar Wilde makes his debut as a fictional sleuth in this recent addition to the spate of historical detective novels showcasing famous historical ...Read Review
American Shogun
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This is a very competent and well-researched biographical history of General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, who between them largely defined the U....Read Review
April in Paris
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Don’t be fooled by this book’s unfortunate UK cover. This is not another romantic wartime saga, but a powerful study of ...Read Review