Fiona Lowe
Dispensation of Death
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Biographical FictionMilitaryMystery/Crime
1325: the reign of Edward II.England is in the grip of tyranny. Not so much from the reigning king, who though weak-willed is ...Read Review
Murder Most Royal
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I first read Murder Most Royal as a teenager. On re-reading this spending looking reprint I found the writing still fresh and sharp, ...Read Review
Saint Thomas’s Eve
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Plaidy’s sixth novel in her Tudor series is a compelling reconstruction of the life of Sir Thomas More. The novel commences with ...Read Review
The Chalbourne Sapphires
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1817: war between America and Britain has been over for two years, and patriotic Amy Van Allen has left Washington to spend Christmas at ...Read Review
The Thistle and the Rose
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Plaidy’s eighth Tudor novel vividly reconstructs the dramatic life of Margaret Tudor, from the time of her early marriage to King James ...Read Review
The Belles Dames Club
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A unmarried Miss—the frivolous Clarissa Wyckenham—does a markedly good deed in helping the dour Lord Alresford out of a vexing predicament. ...Read Review
A Particular Circumstance
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Widowed Jane Grayson has decided to move from Westbury Hall, which she has rented from wealthy Sir Benjamin Westbury. Jane has decided to ...Read Review
Footsteps in the Dark
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Brother and sisters, Peter, Margaret and Celia, inherit The Priory, a rambling ancient house, from their uncle. Celia and her husband Charles, along ...Read Review
The Mesalliance
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St Osyth Priory, 1811: Lady Allegra Humphrey is devastated when her father, the Earl of Witherton, shoots himself. 1812: terrible news is delivered at the ...Read Review
Aurora
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Aurora’s sister, Lady Raiker, is widowed. Lady Raiker is not happy to be confined to the Dower House, whilst that thieving, no-good ...Read Review
