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The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
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It is 1940, and schoolteacher Eve Perkins accompanies her class on their evacuation from the London Blitz. But they fetch up at Eel Marsh ...Read Review
Shadows in the Night
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This is the first in Jane Finnis’ Aurelia Marcella Mysteries, so we are introduced to the eponymous heroine who is the manager of ...Read Review
The Bone Thief
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Anglo-Saxon England, 900 AD: Athelfled, the late King Alfred’s daughter, is married to the ailing Lord of Mercia, and she wants to keep ...Read Review
Empire: Fortress of Spears
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Young Marcus Aquila (calling himself Centurion Corvus) has hidden himself in the Roman Army and is serving in one of Rome’s most ...Read Review
Cold War
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This book was first published in 1998, having its origins in a TV series. Now reprinted, it has a new introduction by Peter Hennessy (...Read Review
Conspiracies of Rome
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608 AD. Young Englishman Aelric is interpreter and secretary to Maximin, a priest, who is part of the Roman mission to convert England to ...Read Review
A Most Dangerous Woman
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London, 1852. Mrs Sarah Tanner, a woman with a dubious past, opens her Dining and Coffee Rooms in Leather Lane. On witnessing the brutal ...Read Review
The Guilt of Innocents
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It has been a long wait for the new Owen Archer mystery, and fans will be keenly anticipating this, his ninth outing. It ...Read Review
Spartacus: Film and History
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Martin Winkler is the editor of 11 essays on various aspects of the making of the 1960 film of Spartacus. Also included are the source ...Read Review
The Boar Stone
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This is the third book in Jules Watson’s Dalriada trilogy. AD 366: Britain is ruled by the Romans. Minna, a Roman serving girl, ...Read Review