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anna of kleve alison weir
August 20, 2019

Anna of Kleve – Queen of Secrets by Alison Weir

Review by Julie Barham It is well known that Henry VIII had six wives – and none more mysterious than the one that he…

Lux Elizabeth Cook
May 30, 2019

Lux by Elizabeth Cook

Reviewed by Julie Barham This is an immensely profound book. It encompasses huge themes – birth and death, self imposed exile and imprisonment, the…

I-Am-Heathcliff-curated-Kate-Mosse
September 27, 2018

I Am Heathcliff – Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights, curated by Kate Mosse

Review by Julie Barham It is never easy to review a collection of short stories, especially one by such a diverse selection of authors…

Kings Witch Borman
August 30, 2018

The King’s Witch by Tracy Borman

Reviewed by Julie Barham This is the debut novel written by Tracy Borman, who is a popular historian and Curator of Historic Royal Palaces….

White King Leanda De Lisle
June 21, 2018

White King: The Tragedy of Charles I by Leanda de Lisle

Review by Julie Barham This is a book that in many ways reads like a novel. That said, it is also a non- fiction…

old baggage lissa evans
June 19, 2018

Old Baggage by Lissa Evans

Reviewed by Julie Barham There are some books which are so good that I struggle to find words to suggest how much I appreciate…

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June 12, 2018

Vocations by Gerald O’Donovan

Reviewed by Julie Barham This Irish novel, originally published in 1921, reprinted by Handheld Press, is a tremendously engaging read. Dealing with the fates…

The Runagates Club by John Buchan
December 14, 2017

The Runagates Club by John Buchan

Reviewed by Julie Barham This is a splendid book for all those who revel in the scary, the heroic and the unusual. Anyone familiar…

A Hundred Tiny Threads by Judith Barrow
November 23, 2017

A Hundred Tiny Threads by Judith Barrow

Reviewed by Julie Barham I received a review copy of this book from Honno Press, the Welsh Women’s Press, as I was intrigued by…

S&S Austen OUP
September 21, 2017

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Reviewed by Julie Barham The inevitable question is, do we need a new edition of one of Austen’s books? Well, on the evidence of…

May 11, 2017

Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett

Review by Julie Barham Vintage books have produced a new edition of possibly the best known of Bennett’s novels featuring the story of Edwin…

April 6, 2017

Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

Review by Julie Barham I think that the overwhelming sense or atmosphere of this book is sadness. Nevertheless, it is a faithful picture of…

Bewildering Cares by Winifred Peck
December 13, 2016

Bewildering Cares by Winifred Peck

Reviewed by Julie Barham This is an actual book! Thank you to the nice people at Furrowed Middlebrow/ Dean Street Press who listened to…

December 6, 2016

Ghost Stories by E.F.Benson

Reviewed by Julie Barham An historical entertainment? When I was first asked to read E.F.Benson’s Ghost Stories, I was a little concerned as I have…

October 27, 2016

The Captain with the Whiskers by Benedict Kiely

Reviewed by Julie Barham When the old captain died the family went strange and it wasn’t with grief, and if you want to know…

December 8, 2015

The Maiden Dinosaur by Janet McNeill

Reviewed by Julie B “Barbara Pym…Elizabeth Taylor…” exalted company for any author’s novel, and when I noticed these names on the front of this…

December 3, 2015

Paradise by A.L. Kennedy

Reviewed by Julie Barham It is probably a good thing to sometimes read outside our comfort zone. For me, Paradise was such a book. It is…

October 16, 2015

The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janet Galloway

Reviewed by Julie Barham If a picture of mind numbing grief was to be fictionalised, this is the novel to read. This is a…

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