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The Autumn Throne
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The Autumn Throne is the third and final instalment of Elizabeth Chadwick’s Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy. Eleanor – or Alienor…
A Grave Concern
Medieval Cambridge is in an uproar. It’s not the entertaining sight of University Chancellor Tynkell fighting Satan on top of…
The House of Smoke
It’s 1900 and Simeon Lynch is sitting in a stinking cell in Newgate prison, awaiting his execution for murder. Rightly so,…
A Daughter’s Love
Nell Goodman earns just enough from her menial job in a brewery to support herself and her mother, Mabel, until…
The Chelsea Strangler
It’s 1665, and a stifling, half-deserted London is in the relentless, terrifying grip of the plague. The naval victory at…
An East End Christmas
On the eve of WWII, eighteen-year-old Carla is all too aware of the harsh realities of life in the docklands…
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
Music is revealed in the first pages as one of the narrators, which made me a bit skeptical about the…
Uprising
Edward I is on the throne of England, has conquered Wales, and now has his sights firmly set on subjugating…
Covenant with Death
The republication of this 1961 novel is arriving in a timely manner, as WWI historical fiction has become popular with…
A Poisonous Plot
It’s 1358, and the city of Cambridge is a-boil of intrigue, resentment and hot tempers. People are turning up dead…
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