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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn=1471186393|title="15"Photographer of the Lost<!-- |author=Caroline Scott -->|-rating=4.5|genre=Historical Fiction| stylesummary="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1471186393May 1921.jpg|link=http://www Edie receives a photograph through the post.amazonThere is no letter or note with it.co.uk/dp/1471186393/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Photographer There is nothing written on the back of the Lost by Caroline Scott]]=== [[image:4photograph. It is a picture of her husband, Francis.5star Francis has been missing for four years.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Technically, he has been "missing, [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]] May 1921believed killed" but that is not something that a young widow can believe. 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Some of her is stuck to the east fighting the Soviets, but some will soon have to be on the other front, against the Americans coming into the continent to put things right Road|author=S Kensington|rating=4 |genre=Historical Fiction|summary=When Sergeant Farr and Corporal Valentine first encountered Katrinka Badeau she was just eighteen years old and fleeing from a farmhouse and a group of German deserters who had raped her. Despite being outnumbered she was giving just about as good as they see itshe got when Farr and Valentine intervened and finished the group off. Finding out that It was 1944 and Farr and Valentine were part of the war to the east isn't workingJedburgh unit, due to Hitler's tactical ineptitude and inability to heed adviceEDMOND, some people reckon Stalin is five seasons away from being in Berlinlead by Major Willoughby Nye. The only way to shore things up, and repair the splits, is to kill Hitler, and luckily Baron Nicholas is the man to do it. 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[[offered her a job with his unit, she accepted}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1542007232|title=The Man Who Killed Hitler by Andre PronovostRabbit Girls|Full Review]] <!-- S Kensington -->author=Anna Ellory|-rating=3| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Historical Fiction[[image:1789018625.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwBerlin, 1989.amazon.co.uk/dp/1789018625/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Just Another Girl on Miriam is in the middle of a city freshly united, with the Road by S Kensington]]=== [[image:4starWall newly broken down and people able to cross at liberty for the first time in decades.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] When Sergeant Farr and Corporal Valentine first encountered Katrinka Badeau she was just eighteen years old and fleeing from a farmhouse She is in the middle of such euphoria, but cannot feel it, for she has not left her father's apartment in weeks, nursing him as he lies dying. One standard bed-bath, however, is very different, when he gasps the name ''Frieda'' that she does not recognise – and she sees for the first time ever a group of German deserters who had raped hertattoo for his camp inmate identity under his watch. Despite being outnumbered she was giving just about as good as she got when Farr One bombshell outside, then, and Valentine intervened and finished the group offtwo inside. It was 1944 and Farr and Valentine were part of the Jedburgh unitAnd inside her father, Henryk, EDMONDwhat is going on, lead by Major Willoughby Nye. Nye recognised Katrinka immediately - as he'd worked on her father's merchant ship and Katrinka had once had has a crush on Nye. When he offered first-person narrative alternating with her a job with his unitstory? What will we find happened, she accepted. [[Just Another Girl on as he remembers back to the Road by S Kensington|Full Review]]real Frieda, a young woman that shook him to the core when he was her literature professor? That's right, more bombshells… }}{{Frontpage<!-- Ellory -->|isbn=1529311446|-title=The Long Flight Home| styleauthor=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''A L Hlad|rating=4.5[[image:1542007232.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1542007232/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Historical Fiction| stylesummary=''verticalSeptember 1940 -align: top; text-align: left;''|===[[The Rabbit Girls by Anna Ellory]]=== [[image:3staras WWII rages on, bombs rain down on Britain, destroying the homes and lives of a people on the edge.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]In Epping Forest, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Berlin, 1989. Miriam is in Susan Shepherd and her grandfather Bertie live together raising homing pigeons with the middle of birds proving a city freshly united, with comfort for Susan following the Wall newly broken down and people able loss of her parents. These pigeons are more than just birds to cross at liberty for the first time Susan though – in decades. She is each one, and especially in the middle of such euphoriaDuchess, but cannot feel it, for she has not left her father's apartment in weekssees a distinct personality and forms a close bond. Meanwhile, nursing him as he lies dyingyoung pilot Ollie Evans leaves Maine to head to Britain and join the Royal Air Force. One standard bed-bath, howeverWorking with the National Pigeon Service, he soon meets Susan and is very differenttasked with air-dropping hundreds of homing pigeons into German-occupied France, where many will not survive. As the mission is planned, when he gasps the name ''Frieda'' that she does not recognise – bond between Ollie and she sees for the first time ever a tattoo for his camp inmate identity under his watch. One bombshell outsideSusan grows stronger, thenbut when Ollie's plane is downed behind enemy lines, it may be Duchess who provides an unexpected lifeline and two inside. And inside her father, Henryk, what is going on, as he has ensures that hope of a first-person narrative alternating with her story? What will we find happened, as he remembers back to the real Frieda, a young woman that shook him to the core when he was her literature professor? That's right, more bombshells… [[The Rabbit Girls by Anna Elloryreunion for Susan and Ollie remains…}}{{Frontpage|isbn=178747920X|title=Brightfall |author=Jaime Lee Moyer|rating=4.5|genre=Historical Fiction|Full Review]] <!summary=Robin Hood is gone – denouncing both his former life and his love Marian, and retreating to a monastery – although no-one knows quite what led him to abandon all that he had built. Marion's life since has been relatively quiet - Hlad -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1529311446but when her friends start dying, Marion is tasked by Father Tuck to break the curse surrounding them and to save their lives.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529311446/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]Setting off with a soldier, a Fey Lord and a sullen Robin Hood, she becomes tangled in a maze of betrayals, complicated relationships, and a vicious struggle for the throne…}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"1784631647|=title==[[The Long Flight Home by A L Hlad]]Perfect Explanation|author=Eleanor Anstruther|rating=5|genre=Historical Fiction [[image:4|summary=Enid Campbell was a woman who, on the face of it, had everything.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] September 1940 - as WWII rages on, bombs rain down on Britain, destroying Leading the homes and lives life of a people on the edgean aristocrat – full of inherited wealth and splendour, glamourous locales and high expectations. In Epping ForestOnly Enid's life has been plagued by mental illness – undiagnosed, Susan Shepherd untreated and her grandfather Bertie live together raising homing pigeons with the birds proving a comfort for Susan following the loss threatening both Enid and those close to her. After losing custody of her parents. These pigeons are more than just birds children, Enid sells her son to Susan though her sister for £500 – in each onebut is this an act of greed, or an act of desperation? Exploring the true story of her own grandmother, Eleanor Anstruther has found the perfect subject for an explosive, moving and especially in Duchess, she sees a distinct personality and forms a close bondbeautifully well-written debut. Meanwhile, young pilot Ollie Evans leaves Maine to head to Britain and join the Royal Air Force. Working with the National Pigeon Service, he soon meets Susan [[A Perfect Explanation by Eleanor Anstruther|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0857058738|title=Equator|author=Antonin Varenne and is tasked with air-dropping hundreds of homing pigeons into German-occupied France, where many will not surviveSam Taylor (translator)|rating=3. As 5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=It strikes me that nobody can speak well of the mission Wild West outside the walls of a theme park. Our agent to see how bad it was here is plannedPete Ferguson, who bristles at the bond between Ollie and Susan grows stronger, but when Ollieindignity of the white man against Native 'Indian's plane is downed behind enemy lines, it may be Duchess who provides an unexpected lifeline and ensures that hope of spends days being physically sick while indulging in a reunion for Susan buffalo hunt, and who hates the way man – and Ollie remains… [[The Long Flight Home by A L Hlad|Full Review]] <!-- Moyer -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:178747920Xwoman, of course – can turn against fellow man at the bat of an eyelid. But this book is about so much more than the 1870s USA, and the attendant problems with gold rushes, pioneer spirits and racial genocide.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178747920X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical He finds himself trying to find this book's version of Utopia, namely the Equator, where everything is upside down, people walk on their heads with rocks in their pockets to keep them on the ground to counter the anti-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer]]=== [[image:4gravity, and where, who knows, things might actually be better.5star.jpg|link=Category: But that equator is a long way away – and there's a whole adventure full of Mexico and Latin America between him and it… }}{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[Frontpage|isbn=1472227727|title=Six Tudor Queens:Category:Fantasy|Fantasy]]Anna of Kleve, [[:Category:Historical FictionQueen of Secrets|Historical Fiction]]author=Alison Weir|rating=4.5|genre=Historical FictionRobin Hood is gone – denouncing both his former life and his love Marian|summary=Poor, and retreating to frumpy Anne of Cleaves always gets a monastery – although no-raw deal by history, of all the wives of Henry VIII she is the one knows quite what led him to abandon all that he had builtwho is known for being rejected. Marion's life since has been relatively quiet - but when her friends start dyingAnne Boleyn and Katheryn Howard were the sexy ones, Marion is tasked by Father Tuck to break Jane the curse surrounding them and to save their lives. Setting off with dutiful one who delivered a soldierson, a Fey Lord Katherine of Aragon clung on to her crown and a sullen Robin Hood, she becomes tangled in a maze Katharine Parr clung on to her life but poor frumpy Anne of betrayals, complicated relationships, Cleaves just rolled over and moved along. Not any more! Alison Weir presents us with a vicious struggle for different view of this young woman who saw the throne…[[Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer|Full Review]]opportunity to live an independent life and took it.}}<!-- Anstruther -->{{Frontpage|isbn=0718187091|-title=Liberation Square| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Gareth Rubin|rating=5[[image:1784631647.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1784631647/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Historical Fiction| stylesummary="verticalIn an alternate 1952, Soviet Troops control British Streets. After D-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Perfect Explanation Day goes horribly wrong, Britain is first occupied by Nazi Germany – only to be rescued by Eleanor Anstruther]]=== [[image:5starRussian soldiers from the East, and Americans from the west.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]]Dividing the nation between them, London soon finds itself split in two, [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Enid Campbell was a woman who, on the face of wall running through it, had everythinglike a scar. Leading When Jane Cawson's husband is arrested for the life murder of an aristocrat – full of inherited wealth and splendourhis former wife, glamourous locales and high expectationsJane is determined to clear his name. Only Enid's life has been plagued by mental illness – undiagnosedIn doing so, untreated and threatening both Enid and those close to Jane follows a trail of corruption that leads her. After losing custody of her children, Enid sells her son right to her sister for £500 – but is this an act of greed, or an act the highest levels of desperation? Exploring the true story state – and soon finds herself desperate to stay one step ahead of her own grandmother, Eleanor Anstruther has found the perfect subject for an explosive, moving and beautifully well-written debut. [[A Perfect Explanation by Eleanor Anstruther|Full Review]] <!-- Varenne -->murderous secret police…}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=191236266X| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Boy in a Turban|author=Joseph Hucknall[[image:0857058738.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0857058738/ref4|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Historical Fiction| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Equator by Antonin Varenne and Sam Taylor (translator)]]=== [[image:3You might not think that Georgian London contained many black people. But it contained more than you think.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]]You may have heard of Francis Barber, the black African slave who became the friend of lexicographer Samuel Johnson and was a beneficiary of his will. ''The Boy in a Turban'' tells the story of a fictional black character, James, [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]]in Georgian London. James, [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] It strikes me that nobody can speak well of then Quaccoe, is brought to the Wild West outside the walls of capital from a Jamaican plantation by a theme parkship captain who wanted a servant for his two daughters. Our agent to see how bad it was here is Pete Ferguson, who bristles at the indignity }}{{Frontpage|isbn=034901082X|title=In The Full Light of white man against Native 'Indian', who spends days being physically sick while indulging in a buffalo hunt, and who hates the way man – and womanSun|author=Clare Clark|rating=5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=In 1930's Berlin, of course – can turn against fellow man at the bat of an eyelidthree people obsessed with art find themselves swept up into a scandal. But this book is about so much more than the 1870s USAEmmeline, and the attendant problems with gold rushesa wayward young student, Julius, an anxious middle-aged art expert, pioneer spirits and racial genocide. He finds himself trying to find this book's version of UtopiaRachmann, namely the Equatora mysterious art dealer, where everything is upside down, people walk on their heads with rocks live in their pockets to keep them on the ground to counter the anti-gravitypolitically turbulent Weimar Berlin, and where, who knows, things might actually be bettersoon find themselves whipped up into excitement over the surprise discovery of thirty-two previously unknown paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. But that equator is a long way away – Based on a true story and there's a whole adventure full unfolding through the subsequent rise of Mexico Hitler and Latin America between him and it… [[Equator by Antonin Varenne and Sam Taylor (translator)|Full Review]] <!-- Weir -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1472227727.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472227727/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets by Alison Weir]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Poor, frumpy Anne of Cleaves always gets a raw deal by history, of all the wives of Henry VIII she is the one who is known for being rejected. Anne Boleyn and Katheryn Howard were the sexy ones, Jane the dutiful one who delivered a son, Katherine of Aragon clung on to her crown and Katharine Parr clung on to her life but poor frumpy Anne of Cleaves just rolled over and moved along. Not any more! Alison Weir presents us with a different view of this young woman who saw the opportunity to live an independent life and took it. [[Six Tudor Queens: Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets by Alison Weir|Full Review]] <!-- Rubin -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0718187091.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0718187091/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Liberation Square by Gareth Rubin]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]], [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] In an alternate 1952, Soviet Troops control British Streets. After D-Day goes horribly wrong, Britain is first occupied by Nazi Germany – only to be rescued by Russian soldiers from the East, and Americans from the west. Dividing the nation between them, London soon finds itself split in two, a wall running through it like a scar. When Jane Cawson's husband is arrested for the murder of his former wife, Jane is determined to clear his name. In doing so, Jane follows a trail of corruption that leads her right to the highest levels of the state – and soon finds herself desperate to stay one step ahead of the murderous secret police… [[Liberation Square by Gareth Rubin|Full Review]] <!-- Hucknall -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:191236266X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/191236266X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Boy in a Turban by Joseph Hucknall]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]]  You might not think that Georgian London contained many black people. But it contained more than you think. You may have heard of Francis Barber, the black African slave who became the friend of lexicographer Samuel Johnson and was a beneficiary of his will. ''The Boy in a Turban'' tells the story of a fictional black character, James, in Georgian London. James, then Quaccoe, is brought to the capital from a Jamaican plantation by a ship captain who wanted a servant for his two daughters. [[The Boy in a Turban by Joseph Hucknall|Full Review]] <!-- Clark -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:034901082X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/034901082X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[In The Full Light of the Sun by Clare Clark]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] In 1930's Berlin, three people obsessed with art find themselves swept up into a scandal. Emmeline, a wayward young student, Julius, an anxious middle-aged art expert, and Rachmann, a mysterious art dealer, live in the politically turbulent Weimar Berlin, and soon find themselves whipped up into excitement over the surprise discovery of thirty-two previously unknown paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. Based on a true story and unfolding through the subsequent rise of Hitler and the Nazis, the discovery of the art allows these characters to explore authenticity, vanity and self-delusion. [[In The Full Light of the Sun by Clare Clark|Full Review]] <!-- Kazan -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0749024801.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0749022132/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Phoenix of Florence by Philip Kazan]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] Deep in the Tuscan countryside of fifteenth-century Italy, Onoria survives a massacre that destroys her family and home. Alone in the forest, she meets a band of soldiers who, believing her to be a boy train and develop her – and the determined Onoria becomes a mercenary – desperate to avoid any situation in which she may feel vulnerable again. Along the way, she meets ex-soldier Celavini, whose journey to Florence sees him investigating two brutal murders. As he digs further and uncovers links to his own family history, Celavini must revisit the past he shares with Onoria, in the hope that they can lay the ghosts of their shared history to rest before it's too late... [[The Phoenix of Florence by Philip Kazan|Full Review]] <!-- d'Eramo -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1782273883.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1782273883/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Deviation by Luce d'Eramo and Anne Milano Appel (translator)]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Literary Fiction|Literary Fiction]], [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] For those of you who have read books of life in the Nazi camps – and of course, for those of you who have not – this can be considered a next step. It begins, after all, with someone escaping Dachau and fleeing her work assignment during a bombing raid, and you'd not blame her one minute, as her career was deemed to be cess-tank cleaner and sewage unblocker by the Germans. In Munich, she stumbles on help to get her to what seems to be a camp for non-native civilians to look for work, or company, or transport elsewhere, either official or otherwise. But then the next chapter sees her going back into the camp next Nazis, the discovery of the art allows these characters to Dachau once moreexplore authenticity, vanity and by then eyebrows are being raisedself-delusion. [[Deviation by Luce d'Eramo and Anne Milano Appel (translator)|Full Review]]}}