James Hawking
Noonday
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This novel completes the trilogy which began with Life Class and Toby’s Room. London in 1940 features shattered glass, buildings on the verge ...Read Review
Lord Byron’s Prophecy
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One part of this strangely structured novel involves Lord Byron and Percy Shelley between 1816 and 1824. A larger portion concerns an American university professor ...Read Review
Murder at Whitehall
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Yuletide in 1559 gives Kate Hayward a chance to compose and play her music for Queen Elizabeth’s Twelve Days of Christmas celebration. In ...Read Review
Sword of Apollo
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Nikias of Plataea appears in the third and final installment of The Warrior Trilogy, the story of his small city allied with Athens ...Read Review
Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America
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This well-documented study convincingly argues that Great Lakes Indians were skilled diplomats and active agents in many phases of American history. The Anishinaabeg, ...Read Review
A Woman Loved
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Should historical fiction include fiction in which a researcher looks back at the past, in this case the career of Catherine the Great? ...Read Review
The Falconers Apprentice
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Andreas lives at Castle Kragenberg in the German-speaking part of Frederick II’s vast Holy Roman Empire. The teenage orphan suffers abuse from ...Read Review
Wrath of the Furies
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In the latest installment of the Roma Sub Rosa series, Gordianus again displays his sleuthing skills, but instead of the mature Finder, this ...Read Review
The Determined Heart
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Mary Shelley’s life provides rich material for this biographical novel. Born to an early feminist mother who died giving birth, Mary was ...Read Review
Villa of Deceit
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In the first few pages, the Colosseum appears in 70 BC, 150 years before it was opened. As the story continues, senators are worried about ...Read Review