Marilyn Sherlock
The Armour of Achilles
The Armour of Achilles is the third in what I assume is to be a quartet of books retelling the…
The Secret History of Costaguana
In 1904, Joseph Conrad published Nostromo, set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana, claiming that his information came…
Pearl of China
China, at the end of the 19th century and in the dying days of the Empire. In the town of…
Realm
The Spanish Armada is ready to set sail from Lisbon while in the Low Countries the Duke of Parma waits…
A Battle Won
1793, and the Reign of Terror is sweeping through France. Toulon has put itself under the protection of the English…
The Rake and the Redhead
This is the story of Miss Hyacinthe Dancy and Blase, Lord Norwood, based around a small village on Lord Norwood’s…
The Girl at the Farmhouse Gate
Set in Devon during the Second World War, this is the story of a group of girls drafted into the…
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
The Philosopher Prince
Set in 355 AD, the book follows on an earlier novel by Waters, Cast Not the Day. It opens with…
Arrows of Fury
Arrows of Fury continues the career of Marcus Valerius Aquila, condemned to die a dishonourable death by the Emperor Commodus…
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