Category: Historical Fiction
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Review – The Queen’s Promise by Lyn Andrews
Kindle: 496 pagesPublisher: HeadlinePublication date: 28 Feb 2013 ASIN : 075538671X Alluring Anne Boleyn knows she is required to use her charm to her advantage – and secure the status of her family at the Tudor court. She easily captivates the noblemen, most notably Henry Percy, future Earl of Northumberland and, hopeful of her father’s approval,…
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DNF – The Rich are Different by Susan Howatch
Kindle: 566 pagesPublisher: SphereFirst Publication date: 15 Mar 1977ISBN – 9780751553123 First lines – “I was in London when I first heard of Dinah Slade. She was broke and looking for a millionaire, while I was rich and looking for a mistress. From the start we were deeply compatible.” 1983 Synopsis – Dinah Slade was young…
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Review – Mrs Sinclairs Suitcase by Louise Walters
Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Hodder paperbacks Publication date: 14 Augst 2014 ISBN: 9781444777451 First Line – “My Dear Dorothea” Forgive me, Dorothea, for I cannot forgive you. What you do, to this child, to this child’s mother, it is wrong… Roberta likes to collect the letters and postcards she finds in second-hand books. When her…
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Review – The Orpheus Descent by Tom Harper
Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication date: 01 July 2013 ISBN: 9781444731354 Today, twelve golden tablets sit in museums around the world, each created by unknown hands and buried in ancient times, and each providing the dead with the route to the afterlife. Archaeologist Lily Barnes, working on a dig in southern Italy,…
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Review – Highland Surrender by Tracy Brogan
Paperback: 372 pages Publisher: Montlake Publishing Publication date: 04 December 2012 ISBN13: 9781612186962 First Line – “Fiona Sinclair could not reconcile the irony of nature’s twisted humour.” To seal a fragile truce, Fiona Sinclair’s brothers trade her in marriage to their sworn enemy. Though devastated by their betrayal, she has little choice in the matter,…
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Review – The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones
Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Headline Publication date: 04 July 2013 ISBN13: 9781472204677 First Line – “It was only when Hannah Wilde reached the farmhouse shortly after midnight that she discovered how much blood her husband had lost.” The String Diaries. A jumble of entries, written in different hands, different languages, and different times. They tell…
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Review – Stardust by Carla Stewart
Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: FaithWords Publication date: June 7 2013 ISBN13: 9781455504282 First Line – “My marriage to O’Dell Peyton was already over when he washed up on the shores of Zion.” Shortly after burying her unfaithful husband, Georgia Peyton unexpectedly inherits the derelict Stardust motel from a distant relative. Despite doubts from the community…
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Review – The Collaborator by Margaret Leroy
Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Publication date: May 20th 2011 ISBN13: 9780778304593 First Line – “Once upon a time there were twelve princesses…” A forbidden love…a private war. There’s a sudden scatter of birds in the sky. I flinch. Little things seem violent to me. And in that moment my decision is made. It’s…
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Review – Edinburgh Dead by Brian Ruckley
Paperback: 369 pages Publisher: Orbit Publication date: 4 Aug 2011 ISBN13: 9781841498652 First Line – “The corpse sat in a simple, high-backed chair” The year is 1827. For Adam Quire, an officer of the recently formed City Police, Edinburgh is a terrifying place. It is a city populated by mad alchemists and a criminal underclass…
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Earth’s Children by Jean Auel
I was excited to hear that Jean Auel is releasing a further installment to her Earth’s Children series this year on Mar 29th. It’s called The Painted Caves/ You can read the first 3 chapters of Painted Caves HERE on Jean’s site. There’s also some free wallpapers etc to download. It’s been almost 25 years…