The Bridled Tongue
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England 1586. Alyce Bradley has few choices when her father decides it is time she marry as many...
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The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle
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“Your brother takes me for a barbarian, Mr. Bowen. But I assure you, I’m quite well trained.” ...
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On Wings of Silence: Mexico '68
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Master story-teller and poet Dede Fox offers readers this remarkable novel in verse. It is the story...
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The Girl from Portofino (Girls from the Italian Resistance #2)
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In 1970 Gina Bianchi returns to Portofino to attend her father’s funeral, accompanied by her...
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The Ghost Theatre
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TO LOVE IS TO FALL . . . On a rooftop in Elizabethan London two worlds collide. Shay is a...
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Novice Threads (Silver Sampler #1)
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A thirst for education. Shattered dreams. Fragile relations. 1840s Scotland Being sent to...
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Boy with Wings
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What does it mean to be different? When Johnny Cruel is born with strange appendages on his back...
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The Many Lives & Loves of Hazel Lavery
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In the heart of tumultuous times, amidst the grandeur of Victorian opulence, there existed an...
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ClareR (5879 KP) rated The Companion in Books
Jan 14, 2020
One thing that really stood out for me was the stark difference between the privileged Burtons and their hard-working staff. Also Lucy’s shady background was so intriguing, and I really liked the bit by bit exposure of her past and her misdemeanours. She really is an unreliable source of information, and it’s no wonder that she’s sitting in a jail cell awaiting the hangman. But DID she commit murder?
It seemed to me that Lucy was repeatedly let down by the people who should have supported her, that she was used for what these people could get from her. For someone who had virtually no possessions, they took those things that were of herself: her self respect, her trust and her love.
Guilty or not, this was a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it to lovers of historical fiction and/ or unreliable narrators.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book to read and review.
Wars of the Roses: Stormbird
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Historical fiction master Conn Iggulden retells the gripping story of the English Civil War in this...