Crossing Day
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It's been one hundred and sixty years since the Confederacy won its independence at the Battle of...
Young Adult Alternate History
The Long Shadow of Murder (Will Rees/Shaker Series)
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When the body of a visitor is found in the woods by the local Shaker community, suspicion...
Historical Murder Mystery
ClareR (6054 KP) rated The Queen of Fives in Books
Sep 30, 2025 (Updated Sep 30, 2025)
I loved this: it’s pacey, rip-roaring, the historical detail is on point and the story itself is unputdownable. The characters were fascinating, and I was cheering from the sidelines for Quinn, the Queen of Fives, even though her goal is to rip off the landed gentry (not such a bad thing, surely?!). The moral greyness of this is at peak level!
The narrator, Polly Edsel, is perfect and brings the cast of characters to life.
There’s dishonesty, family honour, independent strong women, peril, love, lies and fraud.
Highly recommended!
Lalji's Nairobi
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British Gujarat, 1905. Despairing of the social injustices and crippling taxes under the British...
Historical Fiction Africa
The Rune Stone (Dr DuLac series #3)
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When Dr Viv DuLac, medievalist and academic, finds a mysterious runic inscription on a Rune Stone in...
Historical Fantasy Time Travel Time Slip Romance Mystery
A History of Food
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The story of cuisine and the social history of eating is a fascinating one, and Maguelonne...
Marc Karlin: Look Again
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This book provides almost the only published material on the work of Marc Karlin. On his death in...
The Reawakening of the Arab World: Challenge and Change in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
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According to renowned Marxist economist Samir Amin, the recent Arab Spring uprisings comprise an...
Rebecca Lenkiewicz: Plays 1: The Night Season; Shoreditch Madonna; Her Naked Skin; the Painter
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"The Night Season is unusual; no politics, no issues, no history - just a bold attempt to grapple...
Little Digits
Education
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Little Digits is a fun educational app that teaches children about numbers via an intuitive spin on...