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. …
Historical fiction
Where Oblivion Lives by T Frohock
A review essay by Nalini Haynes Where Oblivion Lives is a historical fantasy novel based on meticulous historical research. Diago is a member of the …
Promise by Alexandra Alt
A review by Nalini Haynes Lene is a teenager in World War II Nazi Germany, attending BDM (a Nazi girls’ group) while her love interest …
Illustrating Doerr’s statement implying that the ‘true’ Aryan does not have albinism
Preamble I wrote this post because it intersects my thesis that was to have been on representations of albinism and my preparation for my Critical Health …
Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton
A review by Nalini Haynes Set in 17th century Europe, Margaret the First is historical fiction of an author and feminist from the era of Elizabethan, …
The Crown season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Netflix has joined the trend of screen productions focusing on the British Monarchy by bringing us The Crown, a season …
Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham
A review by Nalini Haynes Tilly Dunnage, the dressmaker, returns to a small Australian town in the 1950s to look after her mother, colloquially known …
Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
A review by Nalini Haynes The Passion of Dolssa is a Spanish version of Joan of Arc except Dolssa isn’t leading her people to war, only …
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke
A review by Nalini Haynes Foreign Soil is an audiobook of short stories written and read by poet and author Maxine Beneba Clarke. Each story …
Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
A review by Lynne Larby Lady Helen Wrexhall anticipates her debut in London society via her presentation to Queen Charlotte in 1812. However hard Lady Helen …
Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix
A review by Lynne Larby Lady Truthful Newington, aka Newt to her male cousins, celebrates her 18th birthday with a family dinner. Her father, a former …
Marvels by Brian Selznick
A review by Nalini Haynes The Marvels is a beautiful hardcover novel, the height and width of a fairly normal hardcover but very thick. It’s …
Mr Punch by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
A review by Nalini Haynes The full title of this 20th anniversary edition is The comical tragedy or tragical comedy of Mr Punch. My review …
Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
A review by Nalini Haynes The Beast’s Garden is a historical romance crossed with a thriller, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in …
Spring Bride by Anne Gracie
A review by Lynne Larby Spring Bride is the third Chance Sister Regency romance by Anne Gracie, telling Jane Chance’s story of sense versus sensibility. …