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The Executioner of St Paul’s
London, 1665. Plague is raging in the overcrowded city. Only the poor, or those struggling to keep the city’s infrastructure…
When the War is Over
It is difficult to classify this book. The best description is probably ‘fictionalised biography’ illustrated with actual photographs. It is…
The Death of Robin Hood
After the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215, King John reneges on his promises and his barons rise against…
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…
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