John Murray
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
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
The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud
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Modern-day Turin. A fire breaks out inside the Cathedral but is quickly extinguished before it can do much damage – but it happened dangerously ...Read Review
The Death of Glory
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1915 was a tough year for the British in France. The battles fought by the British army were either disasters or inconclusive; but the ...Read Review
The Meaning of Night: A Confession
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Michael Cox’s debut novel is a darkly atmospheric and very gothic tale of wrath, nemesis, and self-destruction: a 600- page journey ...Read Review
Children of War
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During the Munich Crisis, my father, aged ten, joined his friends in digging trenches. On 3 September, 1939, he knew, on leaving the Liverpool ...Read Review
