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The Horse Changer
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Set over the course of Rome’s Civil Wars (1st century BC) and with its jumping off point Horace’s Ode to Dellius, ...Read Review
Queen of Bedlam
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I cannot applaud Laura Purcell enough for her depiction of the far-reaching, destructive effects of mental illness. I also appreciated her depiction of ...Read Review
The Garden of Evening Mists
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Malaysian Chinese Judge Teoh Yun Ling takes early retirement from the Bench in 1987 without telling anyone why. Now free of her obligations, she ...Read Review
Roma Victrix
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This is the second novel of a trilogy, following on from Gladiatrix (HNR 49, pp. 9-10). Lysandra, brought up in the Spartan caste of ...Read Review
Breaking Bamboo
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The novel begins in Nancheng, China in 1266 and is the second instalment of a trilogy, although it works fine as a standalone story. ...Read Review
The De Lacy Inheritance
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Nobleman Richard FitzEustace returns from the Holy Land suffering from leprosy and, according to the law of the land, must bid farewell to ...Read Review
Taming Poison Dragons
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This novel opens in 1196 with Yun Cai in exile on his family estates in western China. The once-famous poet has lost the love ...Read Review
Hope Against Hope
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1837 sees the start of a powerful story about two young sisters, stoical and industrious Carrie, and carefree and vivacious May. They are living ...Read Review
Mrs. Lincoln
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Born in 1819 and brought up in Kentucky in a slave-owning family, Mary Lincoln visited a black one-legged ‘conjure woman’ who told her that ...Read Review
The Blood Lance
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In 1935 Otto Rahn publishes a book about the Holy Grail that catches the eye of Himmler. Rahn agrees to become the SS’s ...Read Review
