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Saxon: The Emperor’s Elephant
The Saxon of the title is Sigwulf, a minor Saxon prince exiled to the court of King Carolus. It is…
Best Kept Secret: The Clifton Chronicles, Book III
One has to admire a man who not only does it all but also lives to write about it. Archer’s…
The Gilded Lily
Two teenage sisters, Ella and Sadie, escape from rural poverty to seek a living in Restoration London. We think we…
Saxon: The Book of Dreams
The Saxon of the title is Sigwulf, a minor Saxon prince. The novel opens with the slaughter of his family…
Winter of the World
The second in Follett’s Century Trilogy follows the main characters from Fall of Giants and their children as they navigate…
Debutantes
1923, England. World War I is over and the country is partying. London is fizzing with new music, new fashions…
The Sins of the Father: Clifton Chronicles II
New York City, 1939-1945. In the second of Archer’s five-part drama (Only Time Will Tell, 2011), young Harry Clifton has…
Jane Austen Stole My Boyfriend
This lively story, based loosely on 15-year-old Jane Austen’s visit to her Leigh-Perrot relations in Bath in 1791, tells of…
The Thieves’ Labyrinth
One foggy night a man is murdered on Waterloo Bridge, when the toll keepers insist no one else was on…
Young Sherlock Holmes: Red Leech
Possibly better than the first in the Young Sherlock Holmes series, Black Cloud, this second in the series is full…
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