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<!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->{{Frontpage|author=Tananarive Due|title=The Reformatory|rating=5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary= Gracetown, Florida. June 1950. After a scuffle with a white boy, twelve year-old Robbie Stephens Jr is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, otherwise known as the Reformatory. It's a place with a brutal and dark reputation. But the segregated reformatory is a chamber of horrors, haunted by the boys that have died there. In order to survive the school governor and his Funhouse, Robert must enlist the help of the school's ghosts – only they have their own motivations...|isbn=1803366532}} {{newreviewFrontpage|author=Toby ClementsKatherine Howe|title=Kingmaker: Divided SoulsA True Account

|genre=Historical General Fiction|summary=Thomas Hannah Masury is living in Boston, having been sent to live with a family who run an inn, and Katherine Everingham and their son Rufus are enjoying being made to work there from a time of contentment working on Sir John Fakenham's Marton Hall estateyoung age. However, this peace When she hears there is just the eye to be a hanging of some pirates in the stormtown, she decides to go and watch. Tragedy strikes the Fakenhams almost Enthralled and horrified in equal measure, Hannah finds herself embroiled in a young boy's death at the same time hands of two vicious pirates. She hides away, so that they don't find and kill her too, and then to escape them completely she runs away to sea, dressing as a boy and joining the Plantagenet Wars of the Roses hots up againnotorious Ned Low's pirate ship as a cabin boy. Richard Earl She soon finds herself in the thick of Warwick things when there is challenging King Edward IVa mutiny on board, leaving and from there we are caught up in her rip roaring tale of life on the Everinghams with a serious dilemma… or twoocean waves.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1780894651</amazonuk>0861547438

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author= Nicola PryceSarah Marsh|title= Pengelly's DaughterA Sign of Her Own|rating= 3.5|genre= Historical General Fiction|summary=Rose Pengelly is only too aware that she is living in After a bout of scarlet fever as a child, Ellen Lark loses her hearing. Suddenly plunged into a man's world. Independent, strong and well-educated, she has dreams of running the family boatyardsilence, but she knows that everything about her dreams can never come truelife changes. A woman's job Living in a time when the use of sign language was seen as something only savages do, Ellen is sent to bear children and run the home; it a school where she is the way things have always been and the way that they always will be. Now, according taught to Rose's motherlip read, it is particularly important that Rose secures a good marriagebut physically restrained from signing. From here, as her father's poor business decisions have left she ends up in another school studying under Alexander Graham Bell who has been teaching the family bankrupt deaf and on the verge of destitutionusing a system called Visible Speech. Wealthy timber merchant Mr Tregellas is only too happy to help At the family outsame time, in exchange for Rose's hand in marriageBell is working on other inventions and ideas, but Rose despises him and suspects that he is responsible for the family's bad fortune. If only she can find evidence to implicate him, there may be Ellen finds herself unwittingly caught up in a chance to escape from this seemingly hopeless situationcomplicated tangle of espionage.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1782398775</amazonuk>1035401614

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Rhona MartinClaire North|title=Gallows Wedding: A dark novel House of witchcraft and forbidden love set against the backdrop of religious upheaval in Henry VIII's timesOdysseus

|genre=Historical Literary Fiction|summary=Hazel, an orphaned peasant during ''What could matter more than love?'' The follow-up to the 16th century has had excellent ''Ithaca'' picks up a tough time to say few months after where we left off. In the least. Therefore when she comes across Black Johnpalace of Odysseus, an outlaw about with delicate care Queen Penelope continues to be hanged she sees rule without her chancehusband, who sailed to war at Troy and then by divine intervention never returned home. By proposing to him As ever she'll save his life remains surrounded by suitors vying for the throne of the Western Isles. Having survived – politically and, marrying him, her own. At least physical – the chaotic storm thatClytemnestra brought to Ithaca's Hazel's theory but shores, Queen Penelope is on the fates will make it brink of a bit more fragile peace. One that shatters however with the return of Orestes, King of a struggleMycenae, and his sister Elektra, seeking refuge.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1861515456</amazonuk>0356516075

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Valerie AnandB0C7J9D21B|title=King of the WoodA Captive in Algiers (Muhammed Amalfi Mysteries)|author=A J Lewis

|summary=A young William Rufus When we first meet our hero, his name is brought back to England from clergy training in France by his father William the ConquerorEttore and he lives at The House of Beautiful Swallows. England has changed Idyllic as this might sound, it's a bordello and needs a soldier more than a priest or monk, especially as RufusEttore' brother Richard has s mother diedwhen he was born. He's not been short of mothers, though - but for someone of his background in late-eighteenth-century Amalfi, leaving William it's difficult to fill obtain decent employment. The stint working with the voidpreparation of anchovies didn't work out and bastards are considered bad luck on fishing boats. Eventually King William I decides to split his inheritance between Rufus Ettore was nothing if not resourceful - and determined - and eldest son Robert, something that doesn't go down well with an heir who expected to get it allwas not long before he had a successful business as a guide for visitors. The brothers were never friends but this brings a new dimension to their hatred and, when royal brothers fight, nations become involvedHe was even saving some money.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1861514573</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Emily HollemanEssie Fox|title= Cleopatra's ShadowsThe Fascination|rating= 4.5|genre= Historical Fiction|summary= Egypt. 58 BC. Arsinoe has been abandoned by her fatherThe Victorian era is incredibly over-romanticised as a setting for historical fiction (matched only, Ptolemy XIIperhaps, who by the Second World War) which has fled Alexandria and taken her beloved sister Cleopatra with himoften led to more than a few writers mishandling it. It is now ArsinoeThere's half-sister Berenice who has seized such a glut of media set in the throne, leaving era that the young princess hallmarks we've come to associate with it are familiar to fight for survival in the bloodthirsty and treacherous royal courtpoint of being cliched, hackneyed even. Berenice too has her own demons All this is simply to face – having taken the throne from her weak-willed father she now has illustrate that it would be an easy thing to prove herself worthy of being queendo poorly. But despite that, as the possibility of her father something about it still grabs me – and Cleopatrasomething about this book's return forever threaten to crush her new found powerdescription did as well.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0751560170</amazonuk>1914585526

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Elizabeth MassieNicole Jarvis|title= VersaillesA Portrait in Shadow|rating= 4.5|genre= Historical Fiction|summary=1667 – The civil wars are over. King Louis XIV crushed the nobility's rebellion against his father'I want all of Florence to know my name'' Cast out from Rome, leaving the throne hisArtemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking an oasis in which her art can find a home and where her future can thrive rather than stagnate. But as some as she enters Florentine society she faces great opposition from the aristocracy hounds his every step – and realises that if they will not be loyalpowerful Accademia, they will at least obey. So the King plants a trap to ensnare them – building Versailles, a prison self-proclaimed guardians of opulence where his power is absolute. Trapped by the palace, they healing magics that through paintings have no choice but the power to play protect the King's game city and to obey his rule. And so the court becomes a place of tactical liaisons its citizens from plagues and salacious passionscurses. The Queen fights to keep the King's attention from his mistress, all-male Accademia has hoarded power over art and architecture for centuries and the King's brother struggles to keep his relationship aliveguard it above all else. Versailes is not the paradise it appears to be; insteadTo them, it is a labyrinth of treason Artemisia – an ambitious young woman who promises trouble and hushed secrets, of political schemes and deadly conspiracies. It is a change – has no place of passion amongst them and death, love and vengeance. The King will take what is rightfully histheir society.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1782399984</amazonuk>1803362340

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Angus DonaldThomas D Lee|title= The King's AssassinPerilous Times|rating= 43|genre= Historical FictionFantasy|summary=AD 1215: The year of Magna Carta - and Robin Hood's greatest battle. King John 'Hate is scheming to reclaim his ancestral lands in Europe, raising the money for new armies by bleeding dry peasants and nobles alike, not path of least resistance'' Set in the Earl of Locksley near- the former outlaw Robin Hood - and his loyal man Sir Alan Dale. As rebellion brews across the country and Robin Hood and his men are dragged into the war against the French distant future, in Flanders, a plan is hatched that will bring the former outlaws and their families to world on the brink verge of catastrophe - climate collapse, Britain is in great peril. The British Isles desperately needs a plan hero (or several) to kill save the Kingday and rescue what little remains. England explodes into bloody civil war and Alan and Robin must decide who to trust What no- and who to slaughter. And while Magna Carta might be one expected was that one of the Knights of the Round Table would answer to their prayers for peace, first they will have to force the King to submit to the will of his peoplecall.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0751551988</amazonuk>0356518523

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Conn IgguldenG K Holloway|title=Ravenspur: Rise of In the Tudors (The Wars Shadows of the Roses) Castles|rating=4.5

|summary=Edward IV We begin after the momentous battle in 1066 and his brother Richard on the day of William of Gloucester arenNormandy't exactly accepting s coronation as King of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick deserting them to stand with the ailing Henry VI againEngland. The sons of York are gathering support in Burgundy while EdwardWilliam's wife Elizabeth (nee Woodville) gives birth to his son in position is not secure and the sanctuary of Westminster Abbeynew king has many challenges. Imposing authority through a coronation is important. Meanwhile Henry's wife Margaret of Anjou And William is also in Franceright to worry. While the previous king, Harold, drumming up resources for is dead and the return likelihood of their sonmore pitched battles is over, Edward, Prince the rebels are stirring and much of Wales. Elsewhere the country does not wish to recognise a 14 year old Henry Tudor is waiting at one of history's most important cross roadsnew overlord. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0718181425</amazonuk>1800422466

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=CC Humphreys3949666079|title=FireNoema|author=Dael Akkerman

|genre=Crime (Historical)General Fiction|summary=Puritan/former Roundhead Pitman and former highwayman/Cavalier Captain William Coke have formed ''This is a deep respect for each otherstory about some things that happened to me about twelve thousand years ago. Their first mission was to track down the Fifth Monarchists, an organisation out to avenge those who were found guilty and hanged for signing Charles I's death warrant. That was then, ' Maya is a young girl living in a hunter gatherer village during the Great PlagueMesolithic era. A mere year laterClimate change is occurring, the Plague has lessened but the Fifth Monarchists are back, taking PitmanSea of Grass encroaches further and further into Maya's forest home, and food is becoming more and Coke's interventions personallymore scarce. We therefore find our heroes defending themselves, their families, What to do? Can the law givers in the monarch, and, on top federation of thatvillages muster peaceful ways to cope? Can the Traveller, a new disaster is about to hit spiritual figure who interprets the capital. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780891458</amazonuk>wisdom of All Life, provide solutions?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Winston Graham1529125898|title=The Grove of Eagles: A novel of Elizabethan England Godmersham Park|author=Gill Hornby|rating=3.5

|summary=Maugan Killigrew grows up in material comfort as ''If it were not for the acknowledged illegitimate son casual dereliction of Sir John, the Governor of Cornwallodd gentleman's Pendennis Castleduty, there would no women to teach well-bred daughters at all. Yet, despite '' Anne Sharpe was thirty-one years old when she arrived at Godmersham Park to take up the comparative comfort and because position of other's austere attitudes, Maugan never feels quite as accepted as his many halfgoverness to twelve-year-brothers and sisters but there's little time to consider thatold Fanny Austen. Times are changingShe had no experience of teaching but this was a case of necessity. Queen Elizabeth I is getting older and Until the English are still at war with the Spanishdeath of her mother, Anne had a nation that will have quite an effect on Maugan's comfortable life. Romance, conflict and imprisonment, Maugan will experience it all and, hopefully survive it all but we shall see..|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1509818618</amazonuk>|amazonus=<amazonus>1509818618</amazonus>}}{{newreview|author=Suzanne Rindell|title=Three-Martini Lunch|rating=4.5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=In 2013 we was loved [[The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell|The Other Typist]] for its gripping plot, terrific characters and effortless recreation of both parents although her father was frequently absent from the Jazz Agehousehold. Well When her mother died, Rindell has done it again, though this time her chosen time period is the late 1950s. She brings the bustling, cutthroat New York City publishing world to life through the connections between three main characters whose first-person voices fit together like a dream: Cliff Nelson, a Columbia dropout who plans to be the next Hemingway father cast her off and also happens would have nothing more to be the son do with her. No explanation was offered but she would receive an annuity of £35 a premier editor at Bonwright; Eden Katzyear. Her maid, who moved from Indiana to be a secretary at a publishing house but has ambitions of becoming an editor; and Miles TillmanAgnes, a black man who works as a bicycle messenger for Eden's publisher would receive nothing but has literary hopes of his ownwas fortunately taken in by some neighbours.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749020822</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Jennifer DonnellyMelissa Fu |title=These Shallow GravesPeach Blossom Spring

|genre=Crime (Historical)Fiction |summary=Jennifer Donnelly wrote one of my all-time favourite books, ''A Gathering Light'', so I was very excited loved the prelude to read her latest novel and see how it compared. Like ''A Gathering Light''Peach Blossom Spring, a short chapter entitled ''These Shallow GravesOrigins'' . Unfortunately it is a historical novel with a murder mystery at its heart and a feisty heroine who challenges the standards only truly poetic part of the daya book that I expected more from. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471405176</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Victoria Whitworth|title= Daughter of the Wolf|rating= 4|genre= Historical Fiction|summary= We're in the Dark Ages in an England ruled by rival Kings served by Lords. One of the lords is Radmer of Donmouth, the KingCovering Chinese history from 1938 to 2005 as viewed through one family's Wolf, guardian of the estuary gateway to Northumbriaperspective. When the king sends Radmer on a mission to Rome, Donmouth their home city is left in set ablaze during the safekeeping of his only daughterwar with Japan, Elfrun, whose formidable grandmother wants a young mother (Meilin) and her to take the veil, while treacherous Tilmon of Illingham covets her for his four-year-old son(Renshu) are among those who flee. This is the The story of daughters follows them on their journey across China, and in a manRenshu's world: Wynn, determined case eventually to take over from her father, the smith, Saethryth, wilful daughter of the village steward, whose longing for passion will set off a tragic sequence of events and Auli, whose merchant venturer father plies his trade up and down the coast, spying for the DanesAmerica. Above all, it is the story of Elfrun of Donmouth, uncertain of her father's fate and not knowing whom she can trust, or love… |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1784975737</amazonuk>1472277538

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alison Weir1916072038|title=Six Tudor Queens: Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen: Six Tudor Queens 1House in the Hollow (The Talbot Saga)|author=Allie Cresswell

|summary=1501: A ship comes into port on We meet part of the English coast with an important passengerTalbot family in Yorkshire in November 1811. The Spanish Infanta Catalina steps ashore Twenty-seven-year-old Jocelyn Talbot and her mother have travelled in some discomfort from their home at Ecklington, to become the wife house in the hollow. The two women are angry with each other and Jocelyn is well aware of King Henry VIIher mother's heir, Prince Arthur strengths and produce future heirs for the English crown. Thatweaknesses: 's the plan but that's not how the story actually goesShe is practiced at subterfuge, at concealing, on any level. For Catalina will be more famous as Katherine beneath a facade of Aragonrespectability, wife of Arthurthe deplorable truth''. Hester is furious about Jocelyn's brotherrefusal to do as she was asked, Henry VIIIwhich has precipitated ''this violent and unexpected removal''. As for producing heirs…|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472227476</amazonuk>|amazonus=<amazonus>1472227476</amazonus>Then we are told of the birth of a child and, soon after, Hester Talbot departs, leaving Jocelyn in shame and isolation in Yorkshire.

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Lloyd ShepherdAnnabel Abbs|title=The Detective and the Devil (Charles Horton 4)Language of Food

|genre=Crime (Historical)Fiction|summary=1855: Only a few years after the notorious Highways Murderer left his mark on London's docks, Constable Charles Horton Eliza Acton is called back to the area. The disturbing murder of a clerk and his family bears the trademark of poet who has never had the serial killer but Horton's sure he's already dead; Horton saw him die. At this point the hunt for a devil incarnate begins, taking Horton and his wife Abigail slightest inclination to the other side of the world and the darker side of boil an untouchable Victorian institution: The East India Companyegg.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471136124</amazonuk>|amazonus=<amazonus>1471136124</amazonus>}}{{newreview|author= Aliya Whiteley|title= The Arrival of Missives|rating= 4.5|genre= Literary Fiction|summary=In the aftermath of the Great WarWhen tasked with writing a cookery book, Shirley Fearn dreams of challenging the conventions of rural Englandshe recruits Ann Kirby, where a local woman with a troubled home life is as unchanging as the seasons. The scarred veteran Mr TillerTogether, left disfigured by an impossible accident on the battlefields of Francethey test, brings with him a message: part prophecycraft, part warning. As Shirley's village prepares for refine and reshape the annual May Day celebrationsworld of domestic cookery, where a new queen will be crowned and reinventing the future reborn, she must choose between change recipe book and renewal – will changing the missives Mr Tiller brings prevent her mastering her identity?face of cookery writing forever.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1907389377</amazonuk>1398502227

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Diney CosteloeFreya Marske|title=The Lost SoldierA Marvellous Light

|summary=Rachel Robin Blyth is nudged into a journalist covering a local conflict between a land developer job in the Civil Service, much to his chagrin. There he meets Edwin Courcey and learns that the small village community streets of Charlton AmbroseLondon are threaded with magic. The developer wants Desperate to level Ashgroveremove a curse that threatens to swallow him, a group of nine trees planted Robin follows Edwin to commemorate those in the village who died serving in World War I. As she investigatescountryside, Rachel realises that only eight of where the trees have corresponding names of hedgegrows bristle with incantations and the fallenpeople shimmer with power. The ninth is for There they uncover a mysterious unknown soldier. Why unknown? Rachel is determined to discover his story and, sinister plot that threatens the lives of all magicians in so doing, she also discovers part of her ownthe British Isles.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784972576</amazonuk>|amazonusisbn=<amazonus>1784972576</amazonus>1529080886

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David ChurchillB09F4CTKJR|title=The Leopards of Normandy: Duke: Leopards of Normandy 2Flights for Freedom|author= Steven Burgauer|rating=4.5

|summary=Normandy 1037: Duke William at 9 years old is surrounded by guardians and advisors but not all of them have his interests at heart. In fact whether he lives or dies will have more to do with WilliamIt's resilience than the custodial duty later stages of those around himWorld War I and the United States has just entered the conflict. Meanwhile Petrol Petronus is a young American who has signed up and joined the fight for 17 Aero Squadron. This company was the English throne across first US Aero Squadron to be trained in Canada, the channel seems remote first to be attached to the RAF and none of his business as the sons of Queen Emma jostle for Canute's old crownfirst to be sent into the skies to fight the Germans in active combat. It's getting closer though; one day William Duke of Normandy will be William But before that can happen, Petrol has to master flying the Conquerornotoriously difficult but majestic Sopwith Camel.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472219228</amazonuk>|amazonus=<amazonus>1472219228</amazonus>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|author= Diney CosteloeChristophe Medler|title= The Girl With No NameMadrigal: A Closely Guarded Secret|rating= 4|genre= General Fiction |summary= Thirteen year old Lisa escapes from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport and arrives in England in August 1939. She can't speak a word of English and her only belongings are crammed into a small suitcase. Among them is one precious photograph of the family she has left behind in Germany. Lonely and homesick, not knowing if she will ever see her family again, Lisa is adopted by a childless couple, and then bullied at school for being German. But worse is to come when the Blitz blows her new home apart, and she wakes up in hospital with no memory of who she is, or where she came from. The authorities give her a new name and despatch her to a children's home. With the war in full swing, what will become of Lisa now?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784970050</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Chris Cleave|title= Everyone Brave Is Forgiven|rating= 4.5|genre= Historical Fiction|summary= War was declared at 11:15. Mary North signed up at noon. When war is declared, Mary North leaves her finishing school, travels back to London, and immediately signs up. Expecting to be given a position of high importance or excitement, she is instead placed as a school teacher. Tom Shaw decides to give war a miss – happy in his role organising education. It's only when his flatmate Alistair enlists, that Tom and Mary are drawn into the war in ways they never could have imagined. As Mary grows to protect and defend her small band of pupils, Tom struggles to decide whether he should join the war effort. And Alistair? Many, many miles away, Alistair battles both the enemy, and his own feelings for one out of his reach.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>147361869X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=David Dyer|title=The Midnight Watch|rating=5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=In the early hours of April 15th 1912, the RMS Titanic sank causing the death of over 1,500 people. The Californian, commanded by Captain Stanley Lord was the nearest ship to it, near enough for anyone on deck that night to see the Titanic's distress rockets. This means it was near enough to go to its aid but it remained inactive while witnessing the unfolding events. Why? Within a day or two of the disaster American journalist John Steadman is sent to cover the Titanic's sinking but the story of the Californian's inaction intrigues him even more.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782397795</amazonuk>|amazonus=<amazonus>1782397795</amazonus>}}{{newreview|author=David Sanger|title=All Their Minds In Tandem|rating=5

|summary=October 1879: A stranger walks into New GeorgetownSet against the backdrop of the English Civil War, West Virginia to keep an appointment. He calls himself 'The Maker' and has a gift that gives him access to people's minds. Gradually he'll become deeply acquainted with the townsfolk but it mustn't sway him from what he's here to accomplish. One man, one mission and no guarantee how it will end.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784293954</amazonuk>|amazonus=<amazonus>1784293954</amazonus>}} {{newreview|author= Yves Jego, Denis Lepee, and Sue Dyson secret plan (translatorcode-named Madrigal)|title= The Sun King Conspiracy|rating= 3|genre= Historical Fiction|summary=''Who can I trust is discovered by Sir Robert Douse in this nest of vipers?'' The year is 1661 and Cardinal Mazarin, the Chief Minister to King Louis XIV summer of France, lies dying1642. As the health a loyal servant of the man who once governed France deterioratesKing, and Head of the ambitions of those beneath him strive for power in order to succeed him. Secret papers have been stolen from the CardinalService, papers that could change it is Robert's duty to uncover the course details of France forever, the plan and have fallen in follow the clues to uncover one of the hands of Gabriel de Pontibrand, a young actor who has become unwillingly involved most guarded secrets in this strange conspiracy. Surrounded by scheming politicians and a secret brotherhood, history—especially since the contents of these coded papers will change Gabriel's life and have plot could affect the power to change the future of FranceKing.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1910477354</amazonuk>B095HY8SXQ

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Elaine Everest1471187179|title=The Woolworths GirlsA Beautiful Spy|author=Rachel Hore

|summary=It Minnie is Christmas, 1938, and three young ladies are excited about starting their new jobs at Woolworths an 'ordinary' girl living an unexciting life in Eritha leafy provincial suburb. For each one of them, The book is set in the job 1930s and Minnie is a means of escape: Sarah wants expected to live up to escape her snobbish and controlling mother; newlywed Maisie can't abide s expectations and find a nice young man to marry, produce children and spend the rest of her bullying mother in law; and shy Freda is running away from days looking after her abusive stepfather husband and searching for her brothertheir home. Unfortunately, who has escaped from prisonthis isn't what she wants to do at all and neither does she want to continue working as a secretary. The ''Woolworths Girls'' soon become close friends As a result of a chance meeting, she finds herself drawn into espionage, but with working for the threat secret service and effectively living a double life - attempting to infiltrate the Communist Party of war looming large, Great Britain. Minnie finds herself torn between what she perceives as her duty and tragedy just around the corner, they are going to need to rely on each other more than ever beforefriends she has made - and likes - whilst working for the Communist Party.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144729548X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Philip DentAfonso Cruz and Rahul Bery (translator)|title=Mutable Passions: Charlotte Bronte: A Disquieting AffairKokoschka's Doll|rating=32.5|genre=Historical Literary Fiction |summary=As Well, this looked very much like a book I could love from the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë's birth approachesget-go, it which is a perfect time for why I picked my review copy up and flipped pages over several times before actually reading about her. Philip Dent's second novel chooses a lesser known period any of her life to dramatizeit. All her siblings are now dead; during a hard winter when she is unable I found things to visit her best friend, Ellen Nussey, Charlotte spends her potentially delight me each time finishing ''Villette''– a weird section in the middle on darker stock paper, her final novel. The family servanta chapter whose number was in the 20, Tabby000s, ribs Charlotte about her romantic prospects – including Patrick Brontë's curateletters used as narrative form, Arthur Bell Nichollsand so on. Charlotte responds It intrigued with indignation: 'I could no more kiss the lips of subterranean voice a man with a beard as big as rooks' nests than hears in wartorn Dresden that what little I could yoursknew of it mentioned, Tabbytoo. But you've seen the star rating that comes with this review, and can tell that if love was on these pages, it was not actually caused by them. So what happened?|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>178589093X</amazonuk>1529402697

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Helen SimonsonChristina Hammonds Reed|title=The Summer Before the WarBlack Kids|rating=4.5|genre=Historical FictionTeens |summary=Summer 1914: Beatrice Nash arrives in Rye following Christina Hammonds Reed's debut novel is set against the death backdrop of her fatherthe 1992 Los Angeles riots, hoping a reaction to earn the absolution of four police officers for beating a living as a Latin tutorblack man, Rodney King, nearly to death. Despite being Told from the sort of woman with ideas perspective of her ownAshley Bennett, she has allies in the family of local pillar novel follows her evolution from a silent bystander when confronted with matters of the community Lady Agatha. Agatha may not have realised just how modern Beatrice is but she'll stand by her after having been her sponsor for the post initially. Meanwhile Agatha's nephewrace, medical student Hugh soon warms to Beatrice but his heart belongs to Lucy, his surgeon professor's daughter. Soon, though, the events of a small town summer will fade in importance; the Balkans will explode woman finding her voice and Europe is thrown into a war that's far from the swift, romantic, consequence-free conflict of which summer daydreams are madeembracing her heritage.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408837641</amazonuk>|amazonusisbn=<amazonus>1408837641</amazonus>1471188191