An engaging character-driven historical novel, this story is based on a real person whom the author met and has researched.…
This historical novel is narrated by Leonardo’s Mona Lisa painting. I’ve seen the painting for real, but the Louvre was…
A powerful piece of historical fiction set in the women’s mental hospital of Salpêtrière, Paris, in the 1880s. Sometimes I…
If you enjoyed reading Crooked Heart and Old Baggage then this book is a must-read. It does include some of…
Another one for the ‘prizewinning novels that everyone loves but me’ category, methinks. I thought Maggie O’Farrell’s memoir was brilliant…
An historical novel about the life of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415 – 1495), this is an impressive and…
A well-paced, believable historical novel which had a Jane Eyre flavour at the beginning and developed into a bittersweet, emotionally…
A well-crafted and richly detailed historical novel, Blackberry and Wild Rose is set in the 1760s in the Huguenot silk…
An excellent, thought-provoking and ultimately heartwarming read, this is a work of historical fiction about women and the vote. I…