Category: Historical fiction
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Set in small town America, this is the story of two families from the 2nd world war to Vietnam and everything that goes on in…
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I tried, I really, really did. I so wanted to read this book but in the end had to admit defeat. It isn’t the plot…
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I do love the Giordano Bruno series by Parris and have read most of them including now, these three short stories showing how he came…
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A tussle between two mediums in the late 1800s ends with a more mature understanding of women supporting women than their behaviour might have suggested.…
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This book fits neatly into the genre of ‘artist as monster’ if there is such a genre and I seem to have read several recently.…
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Translated by Charlotte Collins There are more books now that quietly show us the life of a person such as Stoner by John Edward Williams.…
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This story starts with a raindrop falling on the head of King Ashurbanipal, ruler and murderer of people but also holder of the most miraculous…
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In the early 1800s John Lacroix returns home from fighting in Spain. His injuries are not obvious, but injured he is and exhausted. His housemaid…
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Hadley is a writer who majors on family life, sometimes historical, always domestic focusing on relationships. They tend to be what I call ‘quiet’ novels…
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This book has the best book cover of the year so far. Matisse-like shapes of bodies and flowers in pinks and oranges spread across a…
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