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Fireweed

By Richard Vaughan Davies - Published 2023

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It is 1947, and Adam, a British military lawyer, is posted to the German city of Hamburg to prosecute Nazi war criminals. It is ...Read Review

Shield Maiden

By Sharon Emmerichs - Published 2023

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Historical Fantasy

Set in the late 10th century, Shield Maiden is loosely based on the Old English poem Beowulf. Although the poem was not written ...Read Review

The Bookseller of Inverness

By S.G. MacLean - Published 2022

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Thriller

This is S. G. MacLean’s first stand-alone novel since her popular Damian Seeker series. In 1745, Jacobite Iain MacGillivray is left for dead ...Read Review

Winchelsea

By Alex Preston - Published 2022

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Mystery/Crime

Set in 1742 on the south coast of England, Winchelsea is a tale of smugglers and skullduggery on the high seas. But make no ...Read Review

I, Master Shakespeare

By David Lawrence-Young - Published 2020

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Biographical Fiction

Written in the form of William Shakespeare’s autobiography, the novel tells his life story from his birth in April 1564 to his death ...Read Review

On Wilder Seas: The Woman on the Golden Hind

By Nikki Marmery - Published 2020

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Biographical FictionNautical

Most people have heard of Francis Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe aboard the Golden Hind. It is less well-known that for nine ...Read Review

Moonlight Over Mayfair

By Anton Du Beke - Published 2019

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The sequel to One Enchanted Evening (HNR 89), Moonlight Over Mayfair explores the complicated lives of the staff and patrons of London’s luxurious ...Read Review

The Prince’s Women

By Deryn Lake - Published 2019

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Biographical Fiction

Charles Edward Stuart, aka The Young Pretender, aka Bonnie Prince Charlie, was the eldest grandson of the exiled Catholic King James II. As ...Read Review

Blood Queen (Shakespeare’s Queens 1)

By Joanna Courtney - Published 2019

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Blood Queen is the first in a trilogy exploring the ‘real women’ behind Shakespeare’s most notorious queens, beginning with Lady Macbeth. Shakespeare’...Read Review

The Amber Seeker (The Stone Stories)

By Mandy Haggith - Published 2019

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Set in 320 B.C., The Amber Seeker is the sequel to the critically acclaimed The Walrus Mutterer (reviewed in HNR 86). The novel is ...Read Review