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The City of Tears review – Kate Mosse's compelling 16th-century French epic Stephanie Merritt Exile and emigration are perennial themes in literature, especially historical fiction, but it’s noticeable, reading the second volume of Kate Mosse’s Burning Chambers trilogy about the Huguenot diaspora, how timely a story of refugees seems at this moment in Europe’s history and how sharply the parallels stand out. The City of Tears opens, as did its predecessor, The Burning Chambers, with a prologue set in 19th-century South Africa, a foreshadowing of where this epic story...
By Francis Quinn (S&S £14.99, 384 pp) ‘You’re small on the outside. But, inside, you’re as big as everyone else. You show people that and you won’t go far wrong in life.’ It’s a maternal mantra which 18in high Nat Davy takes to heart as he attempts to survive in the tumultuous court of Charles I, where a dithering King and a homesick Queen (Henrietta Maria of France) are unable to prevent civil war. As religious factions plunge the country into routs and regicide, Nat’s life plots an equally turbulent course. Sold by his father to the manipulative Duke of Buckingham, baked into...
amazon.com The music practically pours out of the pages of Denny S. Bryce's historical novel, set among the artists and dreamers of the 1920s. Honoree Dalcour is making her way in Chicago's Jazz Age, where she brushes elbows with Louis Armstrong and other aspiring chorus girls. In 2015, a film student has the chance to get to know Honoree—then 110!—and hear her story. Release Date: March 30 amazon.com "Most castles are defended by powerful men. This one, by women." So Stephanie Dray's riveting tale of a place where "the past still echoes in the stones" begins. The saga links mult...
Hungerford Bookshop says #Stay-home-and-read Trish Lee '); There are some fantastic new books to look forward to in 2021 and while the lockdown is in place it’s a great time to stay inside and read. We asked EMMA MILNE-WHITE from our award-winning local independent Hungerford Bookshop for the heads-up on fiction to look forward to. LET’S start with a novel that’s getting a lot of press and radio attention. Mrs Death Misses Death, by the performance poet Salena Godden is published on January 21. Death, in this book, is a black working-class woman. Exhausted from spending eternity doing...