jay Dixon
The Italian Potion
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Set in Restoration London, in 1663, this is Bewley’s first novel. As a journalist he is well able to string words together, and ...Read Review
The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain
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Everyone knows the Stuarts – Mary, Queen of Scots, James IV and I, and his descendants. And the early Stuarts who reigned in Scotland, ...Read Review
Lady Farquhar’s Butterfly
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I do wish Hale would edit their books more critically. Many, like this one, are full of errors – for instance, how does someone ...Read Review
In All Honour
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Set in the Regency period, this is a sequel to The Wild Card, although you do not need to have read that book ...Read Review
Coming Home
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This is a tightly plotted story set during the Peninsular War, with a heroine recovering from a vicious rape, and a hero who ...Read Review
When the Duke Returns
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I find James’s work difficult to fathom. She is a Professor of Shakespeare studies, yet she uses such modern phrases as ‘you ...Read Review
Deadly Communion
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This is the fifth book in Frank Tallis’ detective series, set at the beginning of the 20th century. Someone is preying on women, ...Read Review
The Prophet from Ephesus
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
I was sad to learn, on doing the research for this review, that there is only one book in Lawrence’s Roman mysteries ...Read Review
The Debonair Duke
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On her website, Emily Hendrickson says: ‘[T]oo many of the peers we encounter in Regency novels sound more American than British. A ...Read Review
A Time for Every Season
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This is, I suppose, a saga, although it covers many themes – murder, blackmail, medicine, war and farming, to name a few. Set during ...Read Review