Mrs England by Stacey Halls — a touch of Gothic
There was a tremendous buzz about Mrs England when it was published in 2021. Almost very bookshop I visited had
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British authors
The Bone Road by N E Solomons — past hostilities re-surface
The bitter enmity of the Bosnian conflict rises to the surface in The Bone Road, bringing a dark tone to
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Classics Club Spin Lands on George Eliot
The classics club spin machine has spoken. It landed this time on number two which means I get to read
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A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale — a question of virtue
Sometimes my brain craves a quiet, subtle novel like Patrick Gale’s A Perfectly Good Man, an intricately constructed tale about
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I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith — tiresome novelty
In 2003, the British public voted I Capture The Castle one of the best loved novels of all time. At
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