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The Daffodil Days
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The Daffodil Days covers a period of 18 months during the lives of the poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Set mostly in Devon ...Read Review
Jack London and Murder on Nob Hill
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San Francisco in 1898 is a vibrant place, a melting pot of people come from everywhere to build new lives for themselves. Some have ...Read Review
Cape Fever
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1920: Nineteen-year-old Soraya, an intelligent and sensitive Muslim girl, takes a job as maid and cook for Mrs. Hattingh in an unnamed colonial harbor ...Read Review
The Boy with the Jade
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In 18th-century China, Baoyu is a child of privilege, heir to an important family of Chinese nobles. He is said to have been ...Read Review
The Lost Seigneur: A Chateau Laux Odyssey
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In this complex and beautifully written novel that takes place in both colonial America and southwestern France, David Loux explores the meaning of ...Read Review
There Was a Time for Such a Word
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In a tiny Italian village in 1942, Davide is the son of an illiterate pig farmer and ardent Fascist. Born with one leg shorter ...Read Review
The Infamous Gilberts
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There is a special delight in reading an author’s debut novel, but even more so when it delivers on its promise to ...Read Review
The Maestro and Her Protégé
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When Hannah Schaeffer meets Nadia Boulanger, a real-life composer, in Paris in 1959, she is just ten years old. But she is about to ...Read Review
Annie’s Day
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It’s 2003 in an English village. As elderly Annie prepares for a visit from her family, she’s dismayed by news of another ...Read Review
Mistress of Dartington Hall (Daughters of Devon)
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Devon, 1587: News arrives at the remote manor house of Gawen Champernowne that the Armada is on its way to Plymouth. Gawen, though, is ...Read Review
