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Swift Press

The Book of Days

By Francesca Kay - Published 2024

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This literary gem recounts the story of a rural manor estate in Tudor England in 1546, where the fallout of King Henry’s Great ...Read Review

The Voyageur

By Paul Carlucci - Published 2024

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Literary

Lower Canada (modern Quebec), 1830. Carrying supplies to Fort William (now Thunder Bay) to trade for furs, members of the voyageur (French-Canadian fur traders) ...Read Review

Run to the Western Shore

By Tim Pears - Published 2023

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Tim Pears is no stranger to historical fiction, but in his latest novel he departs from his usual subject of the 20th century ...Read Review

Mercia’s Take

By Daniel Wiles - Published 2022

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1870s: The Black Country, in the West Midlands of England, once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Michael is a miner, determined ...Read Review