I received a copy from the publisher for review Title: Maggie’s Kitchen Author: Caroline Beecham Genre: Fiction/Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 27/7/2016 RRP: $29.99 Format: Paperback Pages: 391 Synopsis: They might all travel the same scarred and shattered streets on their way to work, but once they entered Maggie's Kitchen, it was somehow… Continue reading Maggie’s Kitchen by Caroline Beecham
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The Farm At The Edge of The World by Sarah Vaughan
I received a copy from the publisher for review Title: The Farm At The Edge of The World Author: Sarah Vaughan Genre: Fiction/Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette/Hodder and Stoughton Published: 28/6/2016 RRP: $32.99 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Synopsis: 1939, and Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall, perched on a windswept… Continue reading The Farm At The Edge of The World by Sarah Vaughan
Four hundred years of William Shakespeare
2016 marks 400 years since William Shakespeare died and left the world with the legacy of his plays: the tragedies, the comedies and the histories. It has been 452 years since he was born. Living in the Elizabethan era, and for the last years of his life during the reign of King James the VI… Continue reading Four hundred years of William Shakespeare
The Blood of Wolves by S.D. Gentill (Sulari Gentill)
Title: The Blood of Wolves (The Hero Trilogy #3) Author: S.D. Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Category: Fantasy/YA/Mythology Pages: 440 Available formats: Print Publication Date: 1/3/2013 Synopsis: The third and final book in the HERO TRILOGY 4 DARING YOUNG HEROES… …INSANITY… HERESY… AND A BLOODY WAR… As empires fall and are founded anew, the Herdsmen of… Continue reading The Blood of Wolves by S.D. Gentill (Sulari Gentill)
The Winter Isles by Antonia Senior
Title: The Winter Isles Author: Antonia Senior Publisher: Atlantic Category: Historical Fiction Pages: 400 Available formats: Print Publication Date: 18/11/15 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: I am Somerled. The summer warrior. What am I, if not a warrior? In twelfth-century Scotland, far removed from the courtly manners of the Lowland, the Winter Isles are riven by vicious… Continue reading The Winter Isles by Antonia Senior
Between Enemies by Andrea Molesini
Title: Between Enemies Author: Andrea Molesini Publisher: Atlantic Category: Fiction Pages: 348 Available formats: Print Publication Date: 18/11/15 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: November 1917. When Austrian forces advance into Northern Italy, the aristocratic Spada family finds their estate requisitioned by enemy soldiers. A cruel act of violence against a group of local village girls sparks their… Continue reading Between Enemies by Andrea Molesini
The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
Title: The Beast’s Garden Author: Kate Forsyth Publisher: Random House Category: Fiction Pages: 512 Available formats: Print Publication Date: 3/8/15 Synopsis: ‘Ava fell in love the night the Nazis first showed their true nature to the world …’ A retelling of the Grimms' Beauty and The Beast, set in Nazi Germany. It’s August 1939 in Germany, and… Continue reading The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
The Lake House by Kate Morton
The Lake House Title: The Lake House Author: Kate Morton Publisher: Allen and Unwin Category: Fiction Pages: 596 Available formats: Print and Ebook Publication Date: 21/10/15 RRP: AU$32.99 Synopsis: A missing child. June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen… Continue reading The Lake House by Kate Morton
Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill.
Title: Give The Devil His Due (Rowland Sinclair #7) Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Category: Historical Fiction/Crime Pages: 384 Available formats: Print and ebook Publication Date: 1/11/15 RRP: AU$29.99 Synopsis: The 7th book in the award-winning Australian historical crime fiction Rowland Sinclair Mystery Series When Rowland Sinclair is invited to take his yellow Mercedes… Continue reading Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill.
Swimming Home by Mary-Rose MacColl
Title: Swimming Home Author: Mary-Rose MacColl Publisher: Allen & Unwin Category: Fiction Pages: 400 Available formats: PrintPublication Date: 23/9/15 RRP: AU$29.99 *I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review* Synopsis: The lone swimmer, turning over now to switch to a perfectly executed back crawl, wasn't Oxford or Cambridge, wasn't a man.… Continue reading Swimming Home by Mary-Rose MacColl
