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Clairemont by by Lesley McDowell – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb A massive volcanic eruption has caused the worst storms that Europe has seen in decades, yet Percy and Mary Shelley have chosen to visit the infamous Lord Byron at his villa on Lake Gene…

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The Women by Kristin Hannah no – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book BlurbIt would be the journey of a lifetime . . . ‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. …

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The Quest (Egyptian Series Book 4) by Wilbur Smith – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Renowned magus Taita is now over a hundred years old and has ascended to a new level of wisdom and understanding about his world. But he must prepare himself for the biggest threat Egypt…

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Code Name Butterfly by Embassie Susberry – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminent, journalist Elodie Mitchell plans to return home to Chicago. But an unexpected invitation to a Josephine Baker show changes everything. Mistake…

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Warlock by Wilbur Smith (Egyptian Series Book 3) – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb A RULER DRIVEN BY GREED THE FUTURE OF EGYPT AT STAKE ONLY ONE MAN HAS THE POWER TO RESTORE BALANCE In his long life, Taita has gone from slave to warlock, and now his wisdom and abilitie…

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The Royal Windsor Secret by Christine Wells – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Cleo Davenport has heard the whispers: the murmured conversations that end abruptly the second she walks into a room. Told she was an orphan, she knows the rumor—that her father is none …

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Mr Hammond and the Poetic Apprentice by Mellany Ambrose – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Summer, 1814. Thomas Hammond is an apothecary surgeon in a village near London whose dreams of a grand medical career were ruined by a shameful secret. He longs to see his apprentice, hi…

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13.10.2023

The Seventh Scroll (The Egyptian Series Book 2) by Wilbur Smith. – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb AN ANCIENT SCROLL A 4,000 YEAR OLD LEGACY A BATTLE FOR THE TRUTH It is 4,000 years since the battle for the Egyptian Kingdom, and Duraid and Royan al Simma have just uncovered the tomb o…

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The Armour of Light (Kingsbridge Book 5) by Ken Follett – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb 1792 Revolution is in the air A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent r…

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The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles Book 3) by Kate Mosse. – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months, its captain – Louise Reydon-Joubert – and her courageous crew h…

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The Stolen Hours (The Wild Isle Series Book 2) by Karen Swan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb It’s the summer of 1929 and Mhairi MacKinnon is in need of a husband. As the eldest girl among nine children, her father has made it clear he can’t support her past the coming winter. On…

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The Paris Model by Alexandra Joel – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book BlurbAfter a shocking discovery, Grace Woods leaves her vast Australian sheep station and travels to tumultuous post-war Paris in order to find her true identity. While working as a mannequin …

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The Water Child by Mathew West – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Portugal, 1754. Cecilia Lamb knew being a sea captain’s wife would mean a life of waiting and watching the horizon for her husband’s ship. But John has been gone longer than any voyage s…

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19.07.2023

River God (The Egyptian Series Book 1) by Wilbur Smith – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb IN THE LAND OF GOLD WHERE THE WEAK PHARAOH RULES A NEW CIVILISATION WILL BE BORN Taita is a humble slave; an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering, as well as the keeper of imp…

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The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb A girl known only as Red, the daughter of a Cornish fortune-teller, travels with her father making a living predicting fortunes using the ancient method: the Square of Sevens. When her f…

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The Fascination by Essie Fox – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Twin sisters Keziah and Tilly Lovell are identical in every way, except that Tilly hasn’t grown a single inch since she was five. Coerced into promoting their father’s quack …

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Ritual of Fire (Cesar Aldo Book 3) by D.V Bishop – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Florence. Summer, 1538. A night patrol finds a rich merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main piazza. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God…

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Atlanta by Jennifer Saint – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blub When a daughter is born to the King of Arcadia, she brings only disappointment. Left exposed on a mountainside, the defenceless infant Atalanta is left to the mercy of a passing mother be…

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Homecoming by Kate Morton – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand and mysterious mansion, a local delivery man makes a terrible discovery. …

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Battle Song by Ian Ross – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb ‘There is a fury in England that none shall suppress – and when it breaks forth it will shake the throne’ 1264 Storm clouds are gathering as Simon de Montfort and the b…

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The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire comm…

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Murder Under the Tuscan Sun by Rachel Rhys – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blub In a remote castle high up in the Tuscan hills secrets are simmering among its glamorous English residents: The ailing gentleman art-dealer His dazzling niece Her handsome Fascist husband…

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The Venice Secret by Anita Chapman – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb In 2019, Rachel is stuck in a rut when she discovers what appears to be a Canaletto painting in her grandmother’s loft along with a note addressed to Philippa in 1782. With help fr…

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Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Daughter of an ousted king. Descendant of powerful druids. Destined to take her place in history. As a child, Gruoch’s grandmother prophecies that she will one day be Queen of Alba…

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My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. An Irish priest, Hugh O’Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis…

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31.01.2023

The Gathering Storm (The Sturmtaucher Trilogy Book One) by Alan Jones – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb Kiel, Northern Germany, 1933. A naval city, the base for the German Baltic fleet, and the centre for German sailing, the venue for the upcoming Olympic regatta in 1936. The Kästners, a p…

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26.01.2023

Soul of a Raven by Catherine Bloor – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Book Blurb When Serin discovers a hidden family manuscript, she has no idea what she has set in motion. The old pages reveal the bewildering tale of an ordinary Victorian girl, Wren, who is given a…

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The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis Yaga lives deep in the Russian forest, tending to any that call upon her for her healing potions and vast wisdom. She has been alone for centuries, with only her beloved animals for compan…

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The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis In the golden city of Amsterdam, in 1705, Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and she is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the city’s theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits…

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29.11.2022

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets,…

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The Last Summer (The Wild Isle Series Book 1) by Karen Swan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis Summer on St Kilda – a wild, remote Scottish island. Two strangers from drastically different worlds meet . . . Wild-spirited Effie Gillies has lived all her life on the small island of St…

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Letting in the Light (The Spindrift Trilogy) by Charlotte Betts – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis1914 Spindrift House, Cornwall Edith Fairchild’s good-for-nothing husband, Benedict, deserted her when their children were babies. Now the children are almost adult, Edith and Pascal,…

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The Poison Machine by Robert J Lloyd – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Syopsis A year has passed since the sensational attempt to murder King Charles II. Harry Hunt – estranged from his mentor Robert Hooke and no longer employed by the Royal Society – meet…

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The Sister Returns (A Stitch in Tme Book 3) by Joanna Rees – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis It’s 1929 and after running away from her family in Lancashire, becoming a dancer in London and having a riotous time in Paris with her best friend Nancy, would-be fashion designer Vita Ca…

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29.11.2022

Wayward Daughter by Brenda Squires – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis Wayward daughteris about wanting it all – about youthful dreams of artistic success that get trampled by life. In the vibrant arts’ scene of 1920s London promise beckons: the world, cracke…

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29.11.2022

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis 1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea vessel of the age. During the long voyage, this curious and res…

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29.11.2022

Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis In September 1949 Jacqueline Bouvier arrives in postwar Paris to begin her junior year abroad. She’s twenty years old, socially poised but financially precarious, and all too aware of her …

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29.11.2022

The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Synopsis 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 as she is joined by hundreds of…

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The Romanov Brides by Clare McHugh – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Clairemont by by Lesley McDowell – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Women by Kristin Hannah no – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Quest (Egyptian Series Book 4) by Wilbur Smith – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Code Name Butterfly by Embassie Susberry – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Warlock by Wilbur Smith (Egyptian Series Book 3) – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Royal Windsor Secret by Christine Wells – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Mr Hammond and the Poetic Apprentice by Mellany Ambrose – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Seventh Scroll (The Egyptian Series Book 2) by Wilbur Smith. – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Armour of Light (Kingsbridge Book 5) by Ken Follett – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles Book 3) by Kate Mosse. – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Stolen Hours (The Wild Isle Series Book 2) by Karen Swan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Paris Model by Alexandra Joel – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Water Child by Mathew West – Bookliterati Book Reviews

River God (The Egyptian Series Book 1) by Wilbur Smith – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Fascination by Essie Fox – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Ritual of Fire (Cesar Aldo Book 3) by D.V Bishop – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Atlanta by Jennifer Saint – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Homecoming by Kate Morton – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Battle Song by Ian Ross – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane – Bookliterati Book Reviews

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The Venice Secret by Anita Chapman – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler – Bookliterati Book Reviews

My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Gathering Storm (The Sturmtaucher Trilogy Book One) by Alan Jones – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Soul of a Raven by Catherine Bloor – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Last Summer (The Wild Isle Series Book 1) by Karen Swan – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Letting in the Light (The Spindrift Trilogy) by Charlotte Betts – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Poison Machine by Robert J Lloyd – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Sister Returns (A Stitch in Tme Book 3) by Joanna Rees – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Wayward Daughter by Brenda Squires – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd – Bookliterati Book Reviews

Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah – Bookliterati Book Reviews

The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Bookliterati Book Reviews

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