Title: The Embroidered Book Author: Kate Heartfield Genre: Historical Fantasy Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: 17th February 2022 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: ‘Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you are a woman, it is a little more difficult, that’s all’ 1768. Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empress, arrives … Continue reading The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield – Blog Tour Review
Category: Historical Fiction
Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review
Title: Devotion Author: Hannah Kent Genre: Literary/Historical Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: 1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne … Continue reading Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews – Book Review
Title: The Leviathan Author: Rosie Andrews Genre: Historical Fantasy Publisher: Raven Books Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: 24th March 1703 A place far from the sea She is awake. And I must remind myself of how it began. The end of all things. It was a time of witches, it was … Continue reading The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews – Book Review
Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen – Book Review
Title: Land of Snow and Ashes Author: Petra Rautiainen Translator: David Hackston Publisher: Pushkin Press Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Finnish Lapland, 1944: a young soldier is called to work as an interpreter at a Nazi prison camp. Surrounded by cruelty and death, he struggles to hold on to his humanity. … Continue reading Land of Snow and Ashes by Petra Rautiainen – Book Review
The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown- Blog Tour Review
Title: The Key in the Lock Author: Beth Underdown Genre: Historical Mystery Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 13th January 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: 'I still dream, every night, of Polneath on fire...' By day, Ivy Boscawen mourns the loss of her son Tim in the Great War. But by night she mourns another boy - … Continue reading The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown- Blog Tour Review
The Family by Naomi Krupitsky – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Family Author: Naomi Krupitsky Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Borough Press Publication Date: 6th January 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate. Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the … Continue reading The Family by Naomi Krupitsky – Blog Tour Review
My Favourite 21 Books of 2021!
This year has been awful in many ways, but the one thing that has remained consistently incredible is the quality of the books being published. I found creating this list so hard because there are many books not on this list that I absolutely loved. However, I had to draw the line somewhere or this … Continue reading My Favourite 21 Books of 2021!
Black Drop by Leonora Nattrass – Blog Tour – Book Review
Title: Black Drop Author: Leonora Nattrass Genre: Historical Thriller Publisher: Viper Publication Date: 14th October 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: This is the confession of Laurence Jago. Clerk. Gentleman. Reluctant spy. July 1794, and the streets of London are filled with rumours of revolution. Political radical Thomas Hardy is to go on trial for treason, … Continue reading Black Drop by Leonora Nattrass – Blog Tour – Book Review
Blackout by Simon Scarrow – Blog Tour – Book Review
Title: Blackout Author: Simon Scarrow Genre: Historical Thriller / Crime Publisher: Headline Publication Date: 16th September 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, … Continue reading Blackout by Simon Scarrow – Blog Tour – Book Review
Rose Nicolson by Andrew Greig – Book Review
Title: Rose Nicolson Author: Andrew Greig Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Riverrun Publication Date: 5th August 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Embra, winter of 1574. Queen Mary has fled Scotland, to raise an army from the French. Her son and heir, Jamie is held under protection in Stirling Castle. John Knox is dead. The people are … Continue reading Rose Nicolson by Andrew Greig – Book Review
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