The Misadventures of Margaret Finch by Claire McGlasson @Clairemcglasson @FaberBooks @joshsm_th #TheMisadventuresofMargaretFinch #BookReview #PublicationDay #TheClqrt #FictionReads

Faber Books April 6th 2023 Book Description Blackpool 1938 Miss Margaret Finch has just begun work for Mass-Observation, when her path is crossed by Harold Davidson, the disgraced Rector of Stiffkey, subject of a national scandal. Margaret's own troubles are never far away, and her fear that history is about to repeat itself means she…

A Most Intriguing Lady by Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York @sarahtheduchess @millsandboon @kirstycapes #AMostIntriguingLady #SarahFerguson #DuchessofYork #TheClqrt #BookReview #BookBlog #RespectRomFic

Mills & Boon 30th March 2023 Book Description A most intriguing historical romance full of seduction, secrets and scandal. Drumlanrig Castle, Scotland, 1872. As a wallflower, Lady Mary Montagu Douglas Scott largely goes unnoticed in the ballrooms and palaces of Queen Victoria. Yet, fiercely intelligent and a keen observer, this makes her perfect to solve…

Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin @CecilekvPin @4thEstateBooks #WanderingSouls #HistoricalFiction #TheClqrt #BookReview

4th Estate Books 2nd March 2023 Book Description One night, not long after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh flee their village and embark on a perilous boat journey to Hong Kong. Their parents and four younger siblings make the crossing in another vessel, but as weeks go by, it…

Haven by Emma Donoghue @PicadorBooks #Haven #EmmaDonoghue #HistoricalFiction #TheClqrt #BookReview

Picador Books August 2022 Book Description In seventh - century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks - young Trian and old Cormac - he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a…

My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor @gray_books @HarvillSecker @VintageBooks #MyFathersHouse #JosephOConnor #TheClqrt #HughOFlaherty #BookReview #HistoricalFiction

Harvill Secker 26th January 2023 Book Description September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. The war's outcome is far from certain. An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis. His home is Vatican City, the world's smallest state, a neutral, independent country within…

The Night Gate By Peter May @authorpetermay @riverrunbooks #TheNightGate #PeterMay #BookReview #TheClqrt #BookBlog

Riverrun August 2021 Book Description In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house. The deaths occurred more than seventy years apart. Asked by a colleague to…

Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman @SStokesChapman @HarvillSecker @#Pandora #HistoricalFiction #TheClqrt #BookReview #RecommendedReads

Harvill Secker January 2022 Book Description London, 1799, Dora Blake is an aspiring jewellery artist who lives with her uncle in what used to be her parents' famed shop of antiquities. When a mysterious Greek vase is delivered, Dora is intrigued by her uncle's suspicious behaviour and enlists the help of Edward Lawrence, a young…

Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce @millacream @Kalliereads @MichaelJBooks #TriflersNeeedNotApply #HistoricalFiction #TheClqrt #CamillaBruce #BookReview #BookBlog

Michael Joseph - July 2022 (paperback) Book Description Early in life Bella discovers the world is made for men. They own everything: property, jobs, wives. But Bella sees what few others do: where women are concerned, men are weak. An unscrupulous woman can take what she wants. And so Bella sets out to prove she…

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes @EllieMorley @MichaelJBooks @jojomoyes #TheGiverofStars #JoJoMoyes #GofSReadalong #TheClqrt #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #RecommendedReading

Book Description Alice Wright left England for love: marrying wealthy Bennett Van Cleve and settling in Baileyville, Kentucky. But her new-found happiness is short-lived, because her husband, just like the town, is under the thumb of Bennett's domineering father. Stifled and misunderstood, Alice yearns for escape, and is surprised to find it in defiant Margery…

The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave @Kiran_MH @picadorbooks @greenkatie #TheDanceTree #KiranMillwoodHargrave #BookReview #BookBlog #TheClqrt #RecommendedReads

Picador Books May 2022 Book Description Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and soon she is joined by hundreds of others. Just beyond the city's limits, pregnant Lisbet lives with her mother-in-law and…