A review by Emma Streeton The Jane Austen Society takes place in 1940s England. A group of vastly different people are brought together by their …
Historical fiction
Schoolmaster’s Daughter by Jackie French
A review by Emma Streeton January 1901. Sharks circle a stranded ship as a young girl and her family stagger from the waves. Rescued by a …
Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
A review by Emma Streeton “I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus of Nazareth. I am a voice” – The Book Of Longings. …
Greenwood by Michael Christie
A review by Emma Streeton I have been delaying writing this review for a bizarre reason. I am worried that what I write will never …
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
A Review by Emma Streeton The book begins with an eleven-year-old Hamnet running around town looking for his mother or a doctor or anyone to …
Lost Jewels by Kirsty Manning
A review by Emma Streeton The Lost Jewels is a riveting historical fiction inspired by the true story of ‘The Cheapside Hoard’. The ‘hoard’ was …
Deceptions by Suzanne Leal
A review by Emma Streeton In 1943, a young woman is taken to a Jewish ghetto outside Prague where one of the guard, a Czech …
Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
A review by Emma Streeton The Bass Rock opens in 1720s Scotland when a priest and his son lose themselves in a forest while transporting …
Lost Ones by Anita Frank
A Review by Emma Streeton The Story The year is 1917. While struggling from the death of her fiancé, Stella Marcham welcomes the opportunity to …
Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley
A review by Nalini Haynes The blurb — from Affirm Press It’s 1699, and the salons of Paris are bursting with the creative energy of …
In Love With George Eliot by Kathy O’Shaughnessy
A review by Nalini Haynes In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel that tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as …
Kathy O’Shaughnessy
In this podcast and video interview, Nalini Haynes talks to Kathy O’Shaughnessy who is in love with George Eliot. So much so that she wrote …
From Time To Time (2009)
A review by Nalini Haynes Tolly (Alex Etel) arrives at a train station during World War II, to be met by Boggis (Timothy Spall, Wormtail …
T Frohock
Nalini Haynes talks to Teresa Frohock, known online as T Frohock, about her Los Nefilim series, writing historical fantasy, representation in stories and more. The …
Viceroy’s House (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville) and family arrive in India to live in Viceroy’s House while overseeing India’s transition to independence. …