Rule Britannia, published in 1972, was Daphne du Maurier's last novel but the relevancy to the political atmosphere in Britain today meant it sent chills up my spine as the story seems almost prophetic in nature. Our main protagonist is twenty-year-old Emma who is living with her elderly ... Read the Post
Anne of the Island by LM Montgomery
Anne of the Island, written in 1915, is the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series which was written seven years after the previous book. After staying in Avonlea to teach at her former school for two years, Anne finally gets the chance to go to Richmond College to obtain her degree. Anne's ... Read the Post
The Familiars by Stacey Halls
The Familiars is a fictionalised account of the famous Pendle witches trial which took place in August 1612 and resulted in the execution of ten people. The majority of the characters in this book are based on real characters which is always a danger but Halls handles their stories with a great deal ... Read the Post
The Flight of the Falcon by Daphne du Maurier
The Flight of the Falcon was first published in 1964 and is one of the few novels Du Maurier wrote from a male perspective and set in an Italian city. Ruffano, a fictionalised version of Urbino, is a university town with a ducal palace where Armino Fabbio spent the first few years of life before his ... Read the Post
Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea was first published in 1909 and it continues the story of Anne Shirley over the two year period she's employed as the schoolteacher at the Avonlea school. Now sixteen, Anne is till mourning the death of Matthew while facing the reality Green Gables may have to be sold, however ... Read the Post