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Tag: Historical Fiction

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  • Fiction

Audiobook Review: The Foundling by Stacey Halls

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on February 15, 2021January 29, 2021

Having listened to (on audiobook) and loved Stacey Hall’s debut novel, The Familiars, I was…

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Audiobook Review: The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on December 29, 2020November 29, 2020

This is my third Philippa Gregory audiobook taking me through the turbulent Tudor times. After…

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  • Fiction

Review: The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on December 16, 2020December 13, 2020

Are you a fan of mesmerising historical fiction with a Gothic twist? Then The Glass…

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  • Fiction

Review: Letters from the Dead by Sam Hurcom

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on November 20, 2020November 29, 2020

As you may have gathered from the title, Letters from the Dead does indeed involve elements of the supernatural but it is also, in essence, an excellent thriller / historical murder mystery.

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Review: People of Abandoned Character by Claire Whitfield

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on September 25, 2020October 1, 2020

People of Abandoned Character had me hooked in one summary sentence: What would you do…

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  • Fiction

Audiobook Review: The Familiars by Stacey Halls

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on October 26, 2019April 7, 2020

Not only does The Familiars have one of the best named lead characters I’ve come…

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  • Fiction

Blog Tour: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019

Opening sentence: “The February dawn crept in slowly, apologetically, as if it sensed how unwelcome…

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Audiobook Review: The Virgin’s Lover by Philippa Gregory

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on February 19, 2019February 25, 2019

This is my fourth Philippa Gregory historical novel about the dramatic times in the Tudor court…

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Review: The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

  • by Jen | Books on the 7:47
  • Posted on September 25, 2018September 13, 2018

Audiobook narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner, Georgia Maguire and Cathleen McCarron / Running time: 17:12:04 / Published…

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