The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope —Curtain Falls On Old Friends
It took Anthony Trollope almost fourteen years to write The Chronicles of Barsetshire. It’s taken me about eighteen to read
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British authors
An Exquisite Sense Of What Is Beautiful by J David Simons – an old man’s regret
It’s seldom I’ve come across a book with a more apt title than An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful.
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On Wilder Seas by Nikki Marmery — a ‘hero’ unmasked
On Wilder Seas was inspired by the true story of an enslaved African woman aboard the Golden Hind during Sir Francis
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Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller – messy relationships
After complaining a few weeks ago about novels marred by the unnecessary use of dual time frames, it was a
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A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe — Scars Of Tragedy
A Terrible Kindness recalls a day in October 1966 when coal and mud slid down a Welsh mountain side and
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