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Faithful Unto Death: A Bradecote and Catchpoll Mystery

By Sarah Hawkswood - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the sixth, and most recent, of the Bradecote and Catchpoll murder mystery series, and both our heroes (and their trusty apprentice, ...Read Review

Divine Heretic

By Jaime Lee Moyer - Published 2020Published 2021

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

I have a confession to make; I’ve always hated the mealy-mouthed Joan of Arc of legend, the Maid of Orleans who was ...Read Review

The Mountains Sing

By Que Mai Phan Nguyen - Published 2020

Genres:

Literary

This was a difficult book to read with the world as we know it being torn apart by the Corona virus, but it ...Read Review

Lionheart (Richard the Lionheart)

By Ben Kane - Published 2020

Genres:

Adventure

I know Ben Kane as a writer in the Roman era, where his fast-paced, impeccably researched books are a joy to read – especially ...Read Review

Hostage to Fortune (Bradecote & Catchpoll)

By Sarah Hawkswood - Published 2020

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

It’s the time of the Anarchy in 1144; Bradecote is now a wet-behind-the-ears undersheriff, and Catchpoll is the experienced Serjeant tasked with babysitting ...Read Review

Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947

By Norman Lebrecht - Published 2019

Genres:

Nonfiction

This is a galloping tour of some of humanity’s brightest minds and the impact they had on society. In almost every aspect ...Read Review

Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire

By Dr Stephen P. Kershaw - Published 2019

Genres:

Nonfiction

I went to the kind of school where we learned Roman history via Latin lessons, and I’m afraid that Roman history has ...Read Review

Commodus (The Damned Emperors)

By Simon Turney - Published 2019

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

My all-time favourite kind of historical novel is the kind where I learn about a real person I know very little about, and ...Read Review

The Office of Gardens and Ponds

By Didier Decoin - Published 2019

Genres:

Literary

Set in Heian Japan, the book gives us two startlingly opposed worldviews – the imperial court is described in all its effete, rigid, exquisite ...Read Review

Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh

By Anna Beer - Published 2018

Genres:

Nonfiction

It’s said that good non-fiction should be as gripping as a tense murder-mystery. With this fascinating biography, Anna Beer has indeed met ...Read Review