Manilla Press
The Walled Garden
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During WW1, writers including Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen drew renewed public attention to the psychological damage caused by warfare. In The Walled ...Read Review
Fair Rosaline
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet hints at Romeo’s involvement with Rosaline before Juliet. But were there others? This is addressed in Solomons’ ...Read Review
The Gifts
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A fascinating mélange of gothic fiction and magical realism, The Gifts unpacks the bizarre Victorian obsession with angels—celestial angels, the perfect ...Read Review
The Witches of Vardo
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In 1662, Anna Rhodius, former mistress of the King of Denmark, is exiled to Vardøhus prison on Vardø island in northeastern Norway. Shortly ...Read Review
The Gifts
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The Gifts is an intriguing novel set in a mixture of gritty Victorian London and stunningly beautiful natural backdrops, with a dash of ...Read Review
Mrs England
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It’s 1904, and Ruby May, a recently graduated nanny, moves to a new post in Yorkshire. All seems well at first: Mr and ...Read Review
The Long, Long Afternoon
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The Long, Long Afternoon is a police procedural mystery, set in suburban, middle-class California, where idyllic, domestic life is not all that it ...Read Review
The Foundling (UK) / The Lost Orphan (US)
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In 1748, Bessie Bright gives birth to an illegitimate daughter, Clara. Due to her poverty-stricken circumstances, she is forced to leave the newborn at ...Read Review
Charlotte
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Charlotte tells the story of Charlotte Lucas, Lizzy Bennet’s plain, unromantic friend from Pride and Prejudice. She marries for the sake of ...Read Review
