Richard Lee
The Doll Factory
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Iris paints porcelain faces, ‘threads hair through the holes in the scalp, sometimes curls it with irons heated in the coals,’ in Mrs ...Read Review
Sheriff & Priest
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This story of Wimer, a little known 12th-century churchman, is inspired by field archaeology. Nicky Moxey is the proud discoverer of the Priory ...Read Review
The Speech
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The speech at the focal point of this novel is Enoch Powell’s infamous ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech – ‘I am filled with foreboding; ...Read Review
The Murmur of Masks
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The theme of Catherine Kullmann’s debut Regency novel is ‘Marry in haste, repent at leisure’. Olivia Frobisher’s comfortable life is thrown ...Read Review
Hunter of Sherwood I: Knight of Shadows
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This re-imagining of the Robin Hood legends is fixed firmly in 1191 – King Richard away on crusade, Prince John plotting at home, Hood hiding ...Read Review
The Summer Queen
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Elizabeth Chadwick writing Eleanor of Aquitaine is an enticing prospect. In earlier Chadwick books, Eleanor has been the subject of vignettes. This is ...Read Review
The Pagan Lord
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I do not generally read series of books, but I do read the Uhtred books, and greet each one with pleasure. It inevitably ...Read Review
Hitler’s Angel
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The exciting premise of this book is to take two German children who have escaped the Nazis and send them back into harm’...Read Review
Changeling: Order of Darkness, Book 1
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
First in a series for young adults, Changeling follows Luca, an Italian orphan adopted by the Church, and his investigations into supernatural happenings. ...Read Review
Seeking Eden
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This final book in Ann Turnbull’s Quaker trilogy sees Will and Susanna leave behind the troubles and abuse of the Old World ...Read Review
