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A Talent for Murder Andrew Wilson June 2017 Book of the Month. A fascinating foray into the past, and the intriguing missing period of time so well documented, yet little known about in Agatha Christie’s life. I’ve visited... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017 
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The Floating Theatre Martha Conway June 2017 Book of the Month. Brimming with stunning writing and historical illuminations, this captivates the heart and enlightens the mind. It’s 1838 in pre-Civil War America, and the Ohio River snakes... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/06/2017
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Peculiar Ground Lucy Hughes-Hallett June 2017 Book of the Month. A huge book both in scope and length, it begins with the journals of a landscape gardener building a great park in 1663 then moves to... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn Alison Weir June 2017 Book of the Month. We know we are in good hands when an eminent historian renowned for her non-fiction work turns her hand to fiction. Lovers of historical novels will... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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The Light We Lost Jill Santopolo June 2017 Debut of the Month. My goodness me did these two have a passion, a chemistry that burned so bright it was painful to behold. They, Lucy and Gabe, met on... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Days Without End Sebastian Barry Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017. Winner of 2016 Costa Book of the Year and Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2016. This big-hearted, beautiful and splendidly sweeping tale of war, survival and love in the... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/02/2017
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The Outcasts of Time Ian Mortimer June 2017 Debut of the Month. An absolutely riveting walk through time. The moment I heard about ‘The Outcasts of Time’ I knew I had to read it, the premise is just... Format: Hardback - Released: 15/06/2017
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Hunting the Hangman Howard Linskey A truly fascinating and totally engrossing read about the assassination plot against one of the most feared and hideous Nazi leaders of the Second World War. This may be classed as a work of fiction, yet it is seeped, in... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/05/2017
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The New Mrs Clifton Elizabeth Buchan At the end of WWII Gus brings back an emotionally damaged German wife, Krista, to his family home on Clapham Common, London. In a bombed terrace his house remains unscathed yet possibly unstable. His two sisters are at home, one... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2017
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The Invitation Lucy Foley A sophisticated, expressive, and emotional story set in the glamorous Italian film promotion world of the 1950’s. Hal and Stella meet at a party, an immediate connection flares into life, yet the spectre of war holds both in a devastating... Format: Paperback - Released: 15/06/2017
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Island of Secrets Patricia Wilson June 2017 Debut of the Month. Right from the start we realise this is a Montague/Capulet situation; a feud between families, in this case from Crete, that spills blood only here our... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2017
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Under a Sardinian Sky Sara Alexander An expressive and heartfelt relationship tale set in a gloriously evocative 1950’s Sardinia. Carmela is engaged to the son of the town’s wealthiest family, however finds herself questioning his overbearing nature when she meets a Captain from the nearby army... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/04/2017
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Let Me Tell You About a Man I Knew Susan Fletcher This soulful portrait of a woman’s friendship with Van Gogh, imagined from letters exchanged between the artist and his brother, is a richly-rewarding reverie about longing, loneliness and renewing life. Jeanne is an outsider in her Provencal village. She and... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2017
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Barkskins Annie Proulx For the Wolf Hall readership, this is a huge historical novel to immerse yourself in. A dramatic, violent, absorbing, long read for which you need to put aside serious time to devour. You will find it difficult to put... Format: Paperback - Released: 11/04/2017
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Dead to Me Lesley Pearse Another dramatic and engagingly expressive historical novel by Lesley Pearse. Set before and during the Second World War, we follow Ruby and Verity during the ups and downs of their young lives. Ruby has a less than auspicious beginning, while... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2017
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The Essex Serpent Sarah Perry A gorgeously eloquent and powerfully expressive novel, ‘The Essex Serpent’ explores an unusual relationship in the 1890’s. This isn't exactly a love story, it is rather, a tale about love, in all its different forms. While Cora and Will form... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2017
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