Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell: The Act Of Grief [Review]
From the day she learned about the early death of William Shakespeare’s son, Maggie O’Farrell was haunted by the connection
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historical fiction
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris: masterful deception [book review]
I picked up Gillespie and I by Jane Harris in an airport bookshop, hoping it would keep me so engrossed
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I need your help to decide whether to keep three historical fiction novels I have had on my “owned but
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Alis Hawkins and the reader’s machine gun test #Cwtch Corner
Cwtch Corner: where authors from Wales get to talk about their work, what inspires their writing and their favourite authors
Read moreNow We Shall be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller [book review]
Now We Shall be Entirely Free is an atmospheric adventure tale, set at the height of the Napoleonic wars, that
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