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Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

By Kate Williams - Published 2013 (UK)Published 2014 (US & CAN)

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Kate Williams, royal correspondent for CNN, has followed up her 2008 biography of Queen Victoria with a well-researched, heavily detailed biography of Josephine Bonaparte, ...Read Review

The Devil on Her Tongue

By Linda Holeman - Published 2014

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Canadian author Linda Holeman’s latest novel, The Devil on Her Tongue, is a gripping blend of tragedy and triumph, secrets and revelations, ...Read Review

Once We Had a Country

By Robert McGill - Published 2013

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Set in 1972, Canadian author Robert McGill’s latest novel, Once We Had A Country, might just sneak into the definition of ‘historic fiction’ (...Read Review

The Son of a Certain Woman

By Wayne Johnston - Published 2013

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Literary

It doesn’t take readers of award-winning author Wayne Johnston’s latest novel, The Son of a Certain Woman, to recognise all the ...Read Review

My Ghosts

By Mary Swan - Published 2013

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Literary Saga

It might be said that Canadian author Mary Swan’s latest novel, My Ghosts, isn’t for everyone. Readers, for example, who like ...Read Review

Emancipation Day

By Wayne Grady - Published 2013

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Navy Band trombonist Jack Lewis has a secret. It is a secret he carries with him from his hometown of Windsor, Ontario to ...Read Review

The Emperor of Paris

By C. S. Richardson - Published 2012

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Literary

That baker Octavio Notre-Dame will meet art restorer Isabeau Normande in C. S. Richardson’s second novel, The Emperor of Paris, is never ...Read Review

Beware This Boy

By Maureen Jennings - Published 2012

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Mystery/Crime

Beware This Boy is the second installment in the Detective Inspector Tom Tyler series from acclaimed author Maureen Jennings, internationally known for her ...Read Review

The Firebird

By Susanna Kearsley - Published 2013

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Time-slip

When art gallery assistant Nicola Marter takes hold of a small, carved bird, known only as the Firebird, she can tell at once ...Read Review

The Buckshaw Chronicles: Volume One

By Alan Bradley - Published 2012

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Mystery/Crime

The Buckshaw Chronicles: Volume One contains the first three novels by Canadian author Alan Bradley featuring the fascinating 11-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce. ...Read Review

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