Janet Williamson
Nero: A Novel
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This novel is written in the form of a memoir by Mela, the younger brother of Lucius Seneca, who is invited by Agrippina, ...Read Review
Debt of Dishonour
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This lively and engaging read opens when Georgiana Grey, otherwise known as the highwayman the Crimson Cavalier, is robbed at pistol‑point whilst ...Read Review
The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag
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Flavia de Luce is eleven years old, bold, precocious and great fun. In 1950 in the village of Bishop’s Lacey, Flavia lives in ...Read Review
Six Graves to Munich
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This debut novel by Mario Puzo is a revenge-based thriller set in 1955. It tells the story of Michael Rosen, a man blessed with ...Read Review
The Half-Slave
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This novel, set in 476 AD, depicts the fighting for control between the warring Germanic Saxons and Franks as they journey through Europe to ...Read Review
The Second Woman
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In 1881 Russian Jews were placed in the Pale of Settlements, Pilzna, during the pogroms. Thirteen children in hiding were betrayed and burned to ...Read Review
Springtime in Burracombe
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This is the fourth of Lilian Harry’s Burracombe novels. It opens in the spring of 1953 with an accident befalling elderly Constance Bellamy, ...Read Review
Something Hidden
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In 1928 a train crash and fire in Gloucestershire killed twenty people. Among the dead are two beautifully dressed children, a boy about ...Read Review
From Dachau to D-Day
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In a twist of fate, German Jew Willy Hirschfield’s father transferred his family to Bonn from Graudenz fearing the worst if ...Read Review
Freud’s War
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Sigmund Freud has been extensively written about, but Helen Fry’s book concerns his life as a father to Martin, and his son, ...Read Review
