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'Mistress Suffragette' by Diana Forbes is a historical novel set in the Gilded Age. A chronicle of a woman ahead of her time, struggling for her own independence, it's a rich and delightful read.
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Book Review: ‘The Secret Chord’ by Geraldine Brooks
This novel about the biblical King David gives strong personalities to the women of the story, who in the texts are mostly merely wives, pawns, and victims. And the richness of the flowing prose matches Brooks's heightened imaginative powers.
Read More »Interview with S.W. O’Connell, Author of ‘The Cavalier Spy’
Interview with author S.W. 'Connell, creator of the Yankee Doodle Spies series and "The Cavalier Spy".
Read More »Book Review: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies now available in paperback.
Read More »Book Review: The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
Definitely recommended if you enjoy historical novels, or are interested in First Wave feminism.
Read More »Book Review: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Booker Prize novel takes a new look at Thomas Cromwell.
Read More »Book Review: The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson
Historical novel brings elephants to England in the 18th century.
Read More »Book Review: Theodora: Actress. Empress. Whore. by Stella Duffy
This historical novel fails to quite come to terms with a great character of history.
Read More »Book Review: Lustrum by Robert Harris (Conspirata in the US)
Politics is a lonely, desperate life, that ends only in failure. Something to look forward to!
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