August 11, 2016 The Crime Writer by Jill Dawson Reviewed by Gill Davies Jill Dawson is a poet and novelist who has made her reputation with carefully researched and vividly recreated historical…
April 26, 2016 The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes Reviewed by Marina Sofia Julian Barnes is an avowed Francophile, as we have learnt from previous works such as Flaubert’s Parrot, Cross Channel and his book of…
January 29, 2015 The Evolutionist: The Strange Tale of Alfred Russel Wallace by Avi Sirlin Reviewed by Peter Hobson The Evolutionist is a novel which aims to bring an important scientist in the development of the early scientific theories of…