Geoffrey Harfield
Angels at War
Editors' choice
Rarely, in all my years of reviewing for the HNS, have I come across such a masterly historical romance with…
Sea of Troubles
We have, in the first pages, a host of people of varying social position with confusing names, firmly in the…
A Father for Daisy
A wonderful romp of a read, this historical romance is set in late 1880s Lancashire. A vicar’s daughter saves baby…
Alice’s Girls
A World War II British land girls’ story by one of the script writers of the excellent House of Elliot,…
The Wounded Heart
Oh joy! A properly constructed and satisfying story of devotion through the tribulations of war and illness. Though a beautifully…
An Heir for Burracombe
Lilian hits the jackpot again with her Coronation Street look-alike romp in Devon, starting the day after the 1953 Coronation.…
A Glimpse at Happiness
Josie O’Casey returns to East End London overjoyed to discover her childhood sweetheart, Patrick Nolan, is alive and well. Her…
The Crooked Cross
This is a masterly fiction of events and characters who, in 1933, hatch an elaborate plot to kill Hitler in…
Tainted Tree
This rambling book, which was sent to me for review as a historical novel, is set in 1991 and the…
The Lie
Neither the nondescript title, nor the bleak cover, does justice to this outstanding wartime saga, a charming family story with…
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