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Beyond the Black Gate
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In 409 CE, the Roman Empire is collapsing fast, a victim of imperial infighting and barbarian invasions. The Romano-Britons send a delegation to Emperor ...Read Review
The Genizah Codex
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The book opens with an intriguing scene set in the present day, depicting a tense encounter between one of the protagonists, Catherine, and ...Read Review
Needing Napoleon: 1 (The Richard Davey Chronicles)
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In Gareth Williams’ inventive time-travel novel, Richard Davey, a history teacher in present-day England, is bored with his life and unhappy at work. ...Read Review
The Lost Wisdom of the Magi
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In this biographical historical novel set during the 1st century, Sophia is a Jew who loves exploring the royal archives as her father’...Read Review
I, Master Shakespeare
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Written in the form of William Shakespeare’s autobiography, the novel tells his life story from his birth in April 1564 to his death ...Read Review
Song of the Nightingale
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Marilyn Pemberton’s unconvincing novel takes on the fascinating and complex subject of the practice of the castration of young boys in order ...Read Review
The Lark Ascending
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Alice Fields, assistant in a dreary Leeds draper’s shop, grieves for the loss of her brother, killed in World War I. A ...Read Review
Charity’s Choice
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The English Civil War has yet to be won or lost, and while King Charles I is secure on the Isle of Wight ...Read Review
Beyond the Samovar
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In 1919, Peter and Olivia (Livvy) are a loving young British couple with a baby who met while working in Russia. They now live ...Read Review
Jack Dawkins
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In Dickens’ Oliver Twist, Jack Dawkins, a wily young pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger, ends up “doing full justice to his bringing-up, ...Read Review
