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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
