Myfanwy Cook
The Powder of Death
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Julian Stockwin is an author usually associated with exciting adventures at sea. However, this novel focuses on a different type of voyage – a ...Read Review
Death’s Bright Angel
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Battles at sea, religious conflict, fanatics ‘speechifying’, the threat of foreign terror and the Great Fire of London are all combined in this 6...Read Review
The Box Car of Fun
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This is the second novel in the series by Chris England set against the backdrop of pre-First World War music halls and vaudeville. ...Read Review
The Red Eagles
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Intense, intricate and intriguing; this engrossing novel is another example of Downing’s ability to write captivating historical espionage fiction. Set against the ...Read Review
Dangerous Decisions
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This novel opens in 1905 with Helena Standish embarking on her London coming-out season. Oliver Faraday, who Helena meets at a Grosvenor House ball, ...Read Review
The Book of Nights
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Originally published in France in 1985, this novel maps the lives of the “freshwater” Peniel family over a hundred years and appears to focus ...Read Review
Dorothea’s War: The Diary of a First World War Nurse
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To summarise the contents of this outstanding diary of a First World War nurse would be a great injustice. Vera Brittain’s Great ...Read Review
The Prince’s Lady: Bresciano and the Baroness
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The lesson that I learnt from reading this book is that one should never, ever, judge a book by its cover. The novel’...Read Review
Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter’s Throne
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I have to admit that I found this novel very difficult to read. This had nothing to do with the quality of the ...Read Review
A Book of Liszts – Variations
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The publication of John Spurling’s ‘biography’ of Franz Liszt celebrates his career as a dazzling performer, composer and conductor – a 19th century ...Read Review
