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  • Detective, Mystery & Thriller,  Fiction,  Historical

    The MX book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – part XXI-2020

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    This year, MX Publishing’s annual anthologies brought us three jewels: part XIX, XX, and XXI in their MX BOOKS OF NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES. The books are a delight to read with stories, created by various authors, assembled and compiled by David Marcum. A must-have for any Sherlock Holmes fan. Introduction Today, I am very pleased to welcome a guest reviewer, author Wendy Heyman-Marsaw, on my blog with a fabulous review for the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Part XXI-2020 Annual (1898-1923). Wendy is not only an avid reader, she is the author of Memoirs from Mrs Hudson’s Kitchen, in which she puts herself in Mrs Hudson’s shoes,…

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  • The Girl in the Pink Raincoat - Alrene Hughes - 3D book cover
    Historical,  Women's Fiction

    The Girl in the Pink Raincoat – Alrene Hughes

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    Love this wonderfully melancholic, sad, yet uplifting novel, set in wartime Manchester! It is a story of war and insecurity, of working hard to provide for your daily meals, of manipulators and persecution but most of all, it is a story of love. Introduction Picture this: Manchester, 1939. Gracie and her single mother Sarah work hard – Sarah works at a hotel, Gracie at the Rosenberg Raincoats factory. Owned by the Jewish Rosenberg family, who came over from Germany long ago. Whenever Jacob Rosenberg, the boss’s nephew, walks by, Gracie just has to observe him. He is good-looking, dressed smartly, and not only knows his business but also every employee…

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  • Letters to the Pianist - S.D. Mayes - 3D book cover
    Fiction,  Historical

    Letters to the Pianist – S.D. Mayes

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    Letters to the Pianist is S.D. Mayes fascinating, gripping, emotive, and harrowing tale of a family torn apart in wartime London – of a plucky daughter on a quest to keep her family together, to find her father – of a man without memory, who discovers his talent and falls into a bed of roses. Roses have ugly thorns though and in this case, carry a gruesome legacy… Introduction London, 1941. Despite the danger, Joseph Goldberg is adamant their family, with their three children, Ruth, Hannah, and Gabi, stays together. One fateful night, the family home is bombed. Life changes dramatically for the children – without parents, they have to live with an aunt and uncle. Unluckily…

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    Historical,  Non-Fiction

    The Million Dollar Duchesses – Julie Ferry

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    The Million Dollar Duchesses offers the reader fascinating insights into the lives of American heiresses, eager to marry into the British aristocracy. With names we all recognise as Churchill, Cunard, Astor, and Vanderbilt, this book shows us how these marriages were arranged and how, in the end, only a few of these marriages were happy, based upon love and respect.  Introduction  Set in 1895, this is a description of the life of the New York society matron, Marietta Stevens, and her daughter, Minnie Paget, accomplished society hostesses very successful in bringing American heiresses in contact with eligible British bachelors – eligible in the sense that above anything, a title was…

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  • The Penultimate Man - Malcolm Hollingdrake - Book Cover
    Historical

    The Penultimate Man – Malcolm Hollingdrake

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    *Short Story* Malcolm Hollingdrake’s The Penultimate Man is beautiful, touching and poignant. I highly recommend this emotive short story. *Lest we forget* Introduction “War is what happens when language fails.” – Mark Twain World War I, the war that “would be over by Christmas” (1914) showed us the cruelty of men and the horrors we inflict upon others. The use of mustard gas gave new ways to torture and suffering and the war of the trenches – a war of slaughter, carnage and destruction. The ending of WWI – the war to end all wars – created the conditions for WWII. Europe was devastated and European society forever destabilised. We…

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    Historical

    1066: What Fates Impose – G.K. Holloway

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    This brilliant historical novel provides us with remarkable insights of the events in the years preceding the infamous 1066 Battle of Hastings If you have ideas about bravery in war and heroes in conquest you should definitely read this book. If you feel working long arduous hours, having little to eat and the permanent fear of poverty hanging over you makes for ‘strong men and women’ – think again. The foreword in this book makes it abundantly clear that nobody really wins when the effects of war and lack of prosperity leave a country and its inhabitants devastated. What happened? The Battle of Hastings, the culmination of ruthless and dramatic…

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    Detective, Mystery & Thriller,  Historical

    Kingmaker – Adrian Hyde

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    Harry King is in Norway with the British Army during WWII. A secret mission brings murders, devious plans, a touch of romance and a traitor in their midst. Introduction A Harry King Thriller Kingmaker is an exciting read and captivating thriller that you just cannot put down. What secret plot is being planned in Norway during WWII? Norwegian King Haakon refuses to comply with the Nazi Regime, but the politician Quisling is only too willing to work under the occupation and command of Nazi Germany. Harry King, Lieutenant in the British Army, seeks revenge on the killer of his father. There is a traitor in their midst and only one man to…

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    Historical

    The Spy – Paulo Coelho

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    Paulo Coelho’s fascinating tale of the Dutch spy Mata Hari who captured the hearts of so many men but died in front of a firing squad. Abandoned. Alone.  Introduction  “May the future never see me as a victim, but as someone who moved forward with courage, fearlessly paying the price she had to pay.” Mata Hari, 1917, shortly before standing in front of the firing squad – without blindfold, looking death in the eye Who doesn’t remember the femme fatale, that gorgeous creature who seduced men into giving away their secrets during WWI? Mata Hari, Margaretha Zelle, daughter of Adam and Antje Zelle, could a name be more prosaic and further…

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  • Historical

    The Virgin of the Wind Rose – Glen Craney

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    A captivating tale combining adventurous 15th Century tales, famous Portuguese explorers, a Portuguese chapel and the discovery of the sea route to the East Introduction How can you describe all the book’s tales without using several pages, the fascinating adventures of the 15th Century during Prince Henry’s reign over Portugal –  Henry the Navigator, who loved sailing but was physically unable to do so? His dream of finding unknown worlds far away inspired sailors to forget their fears about falling off the disc-shaped earth and try to push beyond what seemed humanly possible. Who has not heard of the Knights Templar but did you know in their ranks were distinguished,…

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    Contemporary,  Historical

    The Secret Price of History – Gayle Ridinger and Paolo Pochettino

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    A Piedmonte cheesemaker, the Battle of Gettysburg, a gold medallion with a secret encryption, a hidden treasure – a fascinating journey through time!  Introduction Join me in a fascinating and captivating journey through many places on Earth across different times. It will bring you to America during the Civil War, witnessing the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg as well as its 2008 re-enactment. You will also find yourself in Italy’s Piedmont and Rome, in 2008 and in the mid-1800’s during Risorgimento, the period of establishing general Garibaldi’s dream of a unified Italy by force. In Rome a mysterious medallion can be found, its origins tracing back to Alexander the Great – King of…

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