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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales
Robert Louis Stevenson and Roger Luckhurst
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'Instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged...I was suddenly struck through the heart by a...
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ClareR (5603 KP) rated The Burning Chambers (The Burning Chambers #1) in Books
Jan 26, 2021
It’s all history that I know little about - my history education being that of the carefully selected English type. I’ve always tried to find out more about European history (ahem, German degree) and further afield if I can, and historical fiction makes it a bit more interesting than a dry history book. This book taught me a lot about the tensions between the catholic majority, and the Huguenot minority.
Minou is the 19 year old daughter of a bookseller, and lives in Carcassonne with her family. She meets Piet, a Huguenot convert, and helps him to escape from the town. Later, in Toulouse, they meet again in far more dangerous circumstances. They become trapped in a city at war - Catholic against Huguenot - and someone that Piet believes is a friend is very far from that. In Puivert, the chatelaine of the castle has a secret that she wants to keep hidden, and the only way to do that is for her to find Minou.
First, the most obvious thing: this is one big book. It’s the kind of book that I would buy on my kindle, because at 600+ pages, it definitely won’t fit in my handbag! The Pigeonhole is great for these circumstances!
Secondly, although this book is a serious whopper, it didn’t feel that way when I was reading it. It’s an exciting, fast-paced, delight of a read. It has it all: action, history, romance. Everything that makes for a compulsive read! The heroes and heroines are good, and the villains are thoroughly bad, and I loved them all!
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The Feathered Nest (The Thornton Mysteries #4)
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Murder comes to Norfolk Island, but is the killer after Alexandra Archer’s Tahitian black pearl or...
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A Rose In The Blitz (Sisters of War, #1)
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Escape into the dramatic world of London during the Blitz in this sweeping family saga of love, war...
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Deborah (162 KP) rated The River of No Return in Books
Dec 21, 2018
My more usual reading matter tends towards historical fiction/mystery/romance, do maybe this was why I was happier once we were back in the Georgian period than in the modern, or maybe it just took a while to get going. We are nearly a third into the book before the big jump back in time takes place, so maybe it wasn't just a feeling. A lot of the stuff beforehand is trying to explain and set up the plot rather than just let it happen.
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The Dark Days Pact: A Lady Helen Novel
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The second book in the compelling Lady Helen trilogy, "a delicious collision of Regency romance and...
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Saint Mazie
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From the bestselling author of The Middlesteins comes comes this unique novel about a forgotten...
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‘Tho I Be Mute by Heather Miller
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Home. Heritage. Legacy. Legend. In 1818, Cherokee John Ridge seeks a young man’s education at...
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When You Are Near
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After her father's death, Lizzy Brookstone, the star trick rider of the all-female Brookstone Wild...
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Her Dear and Loving Husband (Loving Husband, #1)
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How long would you wait for the one you loved? Professor James Wentworth has a paranormal secret....