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The Daily Mail's literary critics rounded up a selection of this year's best novels for gifting this Christmas. Their picks include historical, contemporary, crime & thrillers.
From fast-paced spy thrillers and moving family sagas to dramatic reimaginings of historical epochs, we asked historians to tell us which new history books they have enjoyed the most in 2021
ARIADNE by Jennifer Saint (Wildfire £14.99, 400 pp) In Ancient Greek tales, Ariadne is the Cretan Princess who fell in love with heroic Theseus and betrayed her kingdom and her king by showing Theseus the way out of the labyrinth after he’d killed her brother, The Minotaur. Her role was given few lines, a bit-part in a story of men and gods. Here, Ariadne takes centre stage in a lyrical, insightful re-telling that explores her motivations and emotions and the grievances caused by grumpy, cold-hearted gods and warm-blooded men, who are equally vengeful and self-interested. Ariadne is though...
News Testimonials "Thank you for putting in the work on AMA and making local news and information readily accessible for local people." - TC, Neston Published: 20th April 2021 16:59 Linghams Booksellers of Heswall invite you to An Evening In with Elizabeth Macneal. An evening of pure delight with Elizabeth Macneal, potter and best selling author of The Doll Factory, with her new stunning book Circus of Wonders. Synopsis Set apart by her community because of the birthmarks that speckle her skin, Nell's world is her beloved brother and devotion to the sea. But when Jasper Jupiter's Circu...