Lucinda Byatt
The Green Lady
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In late 16th- and early 17th-century Scotland, Alexander Seton had the most impeccable connections: godson to Mary, Queen of Scots, guardian to her ...Read Review
Maria II
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Not many English-speaking readers will have heard of Dona Maria II, Queen of Portugal – and to add her full title “Portugal and the ...Read Review
A Matter of Interpretation
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Translation is always a “matter of interpretation”, and it can (still) be a matter of life or death for the translator. Elizabeth Mac ...Read Review
John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century
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James Buchan has written an erudite and highly readable life of John Law, the son of a master goldsmith in Edinburgh. He moved ...Read Review
Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe
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Chess players know that the queen can outmanoeuvre the king in every respect, except in the final checkmate. Gristwood’s book reveals how “...Read Review
The Ropewalker
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Jaan Kross died in 2007 and, although not known to this particular reader, was Estonia’s most widely translated author and won countless awards ...Read Review
Kingmaker: Broken Faith
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Toby Clements really does get into the nitty-gritty of how the people of 15th-century England ‘lived, loved, fought, and died’. He thanks many ...Read Review
The House of Medici: Inheritance of Power
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This is the first in a trilogy of novels about the rise and fall of the wealthy banking family whose name is practically ...Read Review
Merchant Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery That Transformed Tudor England
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This is the extraordinary tale of a voyage of discovery every bit as epoch-making as those of Spain and Portugal. Maritime skills in ...Read Review
Fashioning History: Current Practices and Principles
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This is a book on historical practice and the methods used to fashion the past. How should historians position themselves in order to ...Read Review