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|author= Martine Bailey

|title= The Penny Heart

|rating= 5

|genre= Historical Fiction

|summary=After living a life of crime in order to scrape by, Mary Jebb is spared from the gallows – and banished to Australia. Before leaving for the penal colony of Botany Bay, she sends two engraved penny heart tokens to key players in her world. One of these takes us to Delafosse Hall, where Mary’s story meets that of shy artist Grace Moore – and yet more confidence tricks begin.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444769855</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author=Amitav Ghosh

|summary=February 1460: Canon Thomas and Sister Katherine have always equated their priory with values like piety and safety. However when soldiers on horseback arrive this is proven to be a misconception and the two flee for their lives. This is the first time they've been in the outside world since childhood but soon realise there's more to it than they bargained for. It's naturally a dangerous place at any time but this is 15th century England - the War of the Roses is about to begin. Survival depends on worldly wisdom, something they don’t actually teach nuns or monks.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099585871</amazonuk>

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~~|author=David Gilman~~

~~|title=Master of War: Defiant Unto Death~~

~~|rating=5~~

~~|genre=Historical Fiction~~

~~|summary= Spoilers straight ahead for the first book, [[Master of War by David Gilman|Master of War]] so go read that first…~~

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~~Ok…~~

It's been 10 years since the young Thomas Blackstone chose military service over hanging and faced the French at Crecy, coming away from the battle knighted. Time's passing now finds him and his wife Christiana living with their two children in Normandy castle. Meanwhile in French held France, the current king, John II, is proving unpopular, starving the country with taxes and spreading fear with his cruel capricious nature. He sees betrayal everywhere and will execute those he perceives to be against him. However, now he's right and there is a plot brewing and French royalist Simon Bucy has a plan to put it down: remove its cornerstone. His perceived cornerstone is none other than Sir Thomas Blackstone. This isn't going to be a clean fight; bring on the Savage Priest!

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781851905</amazonuk>~~

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