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The Night in Venice
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More usually known as novelist Andrew Martin, the author has written an utterly beguiling story set in Edwardian England and Venice. It is 1911, ...Read Review
Shy Creatures
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Set in a 1960s London psychiatric hospital, Shy Creatures is the story of Helen, a thirty-something unmarried art therapist who becomes involved in ...Read Review
The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands
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Sarah Brooks’s novel is a historical fantasy novel, set at the end of the 19th century, which follows an eclectic cast of ...Read Review
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
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Chicken Hill, Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The 1930s. The world of Moshe and Chona Ludlow. Moshe is a Jewish immigrant, a theater owner and entrepreneur. ...Read Review
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia
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The author is correct in that the account of the phenomenon of the encyclopaedia is indeed astonishing. From being a bastion of printed ...Read Review
Moth
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India in 1947 is a land torn by violence: violence caused by the pen-stroke that turned India of the British Raj into two new ...Read Review
Toffee Apples and Quail Feathers: New Stories From Call the Midwife
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The death of the original author of the book, Jennifer Worth, provided a literary legacy for her husband and family. We can understand ...Read Review
Small Pleasures
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In 1957, a woman contacts a southeast London newspaper to claim her daughter was the result of a virgin birth. The news reporter assigned ...Read Review
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
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Venus and Aphrodite is a journey through time at the conception, birth, and transformation of a goddess associated with love and desire. Yet ...Read Review
The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar
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From its first pages, The Last Assassin is a trustworthy and compelling read, qualities the best histories share. I thought I’d dipped ...Read Review
