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A richly told story that renders Thomas Cromwell as a likable and sympathetic character. The writing is fluid, and the book captures life in Tudor England at all social levels, especially when describing life in Cromwell's large household. Deserves six stars!! ]]>
Two British lawyers in post WWII Hong Kong, who share a lifelong love of one woman, end us as widower neighbors in the English countryside. ]]>
Artists' idyllic lives change dramatically as WWI approaches. ]]>
Prickly math teacher Olive is at the center or on the periphery of stories set in Maine> ]]>
An uppercrust British family without the means to maintain its estate is beset upon by unseen forces. A doctor who has insinuates himself in the family insists the occurances are psychological with horrible results. An excellent novel reminiscient of The Turn of the Screw. ]]>