Patrika Salmon
The English Horses
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The English Horses is subtitled “a Western story,” and that is what we have. This is the tale of Gordon Meiklejon, a younger ...Read Review
Becoming Charlemagne: Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800
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This book will sit on my reference shelf as an extremely useful source of information about Rome and the Roman Empire, Pope Leo ...Read Review
To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy
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Rites of Passage, the first novel of this trilogy, won the Booker Prize; Golding is also a Nobel laureate, a master of language, ...Read Review
Firehorse
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This young adult novel is based on the events during and after the 1872 Boston Fire. Aimed at horse lovers, it’s about the ...Read Review
The Assassins of Isis
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Biographical FictionMystery/Crime
This is the fifth Egyptian murder mystery starring Lord Amerotke, the Pharaoh’s chief judge. It is a quick- paced adventure with plenty ...Read Review
Silent in the Grave
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This can only be described as a rich plum pudding of a book, full of everything you would find in a Victorian melodrama. ...Read Review
Secretly Inside
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The first 26 pages of this novella consist of an introduction by Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor that sets the story in its historical context. This ...Read Review
Death At Victoria Dock
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This is the fourth in that delightful 1920s mystery series by Kerry Greenwood about the Honourable Phryne Fisher. Phryne is the woman we’...Read Review
Brothers
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This elegantly written and gripping book provides stunning insight into the China of Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution. If your knowledge of Communist ...Read Review
Let the Bells Ring
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Let the Bells Ring is a hefty read in the tradition of the gentle, romantic saga, and the chapters are a perfect length ...Read Review
