Cassandra Clark
I, Julian: The Fictional Autobiography of Julian of Norwich
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This reimagining of the life of the anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich is a triumph. Taking the few known facts, Gilbert creates ...Read Review
Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter
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To those who might imagine the medieval period to be defined as ‘before the Tudors and after the Romans’ and also as a ‘...Read Review
Usurper (The Wulfbury Chronicles, 1)
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I felt I wanted to read this novel with my eyes shut: the violence of men beating the hell out of other men ...Read Review
The Great Passion
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For anyone who loves the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, this novel about his composition of the St Matthew Passion for Good Friday, 1727, ...Read Review
Too Much of Water (A John Grey Historical Mystery)
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You might well think ‘too much of water’ while reading this novel, especially at this time of year. The title, of course, is ...Read Review
The Ghost Tree (A Betty Church Mystery)
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This is the third in Kasasian’s Betty Church murder mystery series. The not-so-sleepy Suffolk village of Sackwater during World War II is ...Read Review
The Room of the Dead (A Betty Church Mystery)
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A woman police inspector in rural England in 1940 might seem the ultimate in radical feminism, but here all familiarity ends. Inspector Betty Church ...Read Review
The Murderer of Warren Street
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This is the true story of a 19th-century revolutionary, but if you didn’t know that at first glance, you would believe it ...Read Review
The Black Prince
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Prince Edward, heir to the throne of England, eldest of Edward III’s five sons, renowned throughout Europe as the epitome of chivalry, ...Read Review
Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait
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When I first saw this door-stopper of a biography I reached for my diary to search out a good stretch of time in ...Read Review
