Virago
The Lifeboat
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We all know the story of the Titanic’s sinking, right down to how the 20 lifeboats bearing 700+ survivors were picked up by the ...Read Review
Girl Reading
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Ward’s debut novel is a brave, original effort. The concept is irresistible: Seven girls/women read while living out a portion of ...Read Review
The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton
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Set in post-World War I England, The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton is an unconventional but compelling mystery. As with her first book, ...Read Review
The Paris Wife
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Post-World War I, life is grand, and a new breed of writers is just beginning to connect to the muse of creativity that ...Read Review
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore
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What a great subject! There can be few figures as controversial as Theodora, saint to some, sinner to others, whore to most. Stella ...Read Review
The Return of Captain John Emmett
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London 1921. Laurence Bartram, widower and decorated army officer, is attempting to find a role for himself in post-War society by writing a study ...Read Review
All the Nice Girls
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It’s a pity this book has come up for review for the autumn magazine as it is a perfect beach read. ...Read Review
The Little Stranger
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There is a fundamental enigma at the heart of this excellent novel set in England in the austere and grim years after the ...Read Review
Sacred Hearts
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In Renaissance Italy the Council of Trent moves to purge convent life of the contamination of the outside world, the Counter-Reformation imposing further ...Read Review
The Bolter
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Frances Osborne, the great-granddaughter of Idina Sackville, has written a shockingly candid biography of a brazen woman who defied the convention of upper ...Read Review
