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November 17, 2019
The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier
A young woman is both a bard--and a warrior--in this thrilling historical fantasy from the author of the Sevenwaters novels. Eighteen-year-old Liobhan is a powerful singer and an expert whistle player. Her brother has a voice to melt the hardest heart, and a rare talent on the harp. But Liobhan's burning ambition is to join the elite warrior band [...]
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November 14, 2019
VINTAGE WRITING POST: Mary De Morgan
Mary de Morgan Blog ‘Help me, sweet Love!’ she cried, and then began to weep. ‘Poor Queen Blanchelys!’ said Love. ‘Your rose-tree is dead then.’ […]
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November 13, 2019
The Familiars by Stacey Halls
Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies have borne fruit, and her husband, Richard, is anxious for an heir. Then Fleetwood discovers a hidden doctor’s [...]
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November 12, 2019
VINTAGE BOOK REVIEW: The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader
Sarah is just seventeen when she chooses to become an anchoress, a holy woman shut away in a cell that measures only seven by nine paces [...]
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November 11, 2019
BOOK REVIEW: The Museum of Words by Georgia Blain
In late 2015, Georgia Blain was diagnosed with a tumour sitting right in the language centre of her brain. Prior to this, Georgia’s only warning had been a niggling sense that her speech was slightly awry [...]
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November 10, 2019
VINTAGE BOOK REVIEW: The Locksmith’s Daughter by Karen Brooks
In a world where no one can be trusted and secrets are currency, one woman stands without fear. Mallory Bright is the only daughter of London’s master locksmith. For her there is no lock too elaborate [...]
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November 9, 2019
VINTAGE WRITING POST: The 50 Authors That Shaped Me
THE 50 AUTHORS WHO SHAPED ME It took me a long while to compile my list of “The 50 Authors who Shaped Me” – it […]
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November 8, 2019
VINTAGE BOOK REVIEW: Beyond The Orchard by Anna Romer
Lucy Briar has arrived home in turmoil after years overseas. She’s met her fiancé in London and has her life mapped out, but something is holding her back. Hoping to ground herself and find answers [...]
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November 6, 2019
VINTAGE BOOK REVIEW:
A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper. In the grip of the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily when three members [...]
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BOOK REVIEW: Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
Midsummer’s Eve, 1648, and England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even to the remote Tidelands – the marshy landscape of the south coast. Alinor, a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard[...]
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