When young Lancelot's family are murdered, the mysterious Lady Nimue saves his life by taking him to her sanctuary at Karrek Loos y'n Koos where she will nurture his gifts and raise him to manhood as a Guardian of the Mount. However, fate intervenes when Lancelot rescues the beautiful Guinevere when her ship flounders off the coast of the island and the two become close before she leaves to follow her own destiny. A distraught Lancelot is summoned to the deathbed of Uther Pendragon, the High ... Read the Post
Lancelot by Giles Kristian
Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser
Prairie Fires is a biographical account of the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder who is the beloved author of the Little House series of books written about her life growing up on the prairies. There have been a few biographies about Wilder over the years, however this one is different in the sense it puts Laura's life in historical context while also examining claims the content of the books is untrue. Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on 7 February 1867 and was the second of four daughters born to ... Read the Post
The Courtesan and the Samurai by Lesley Downer
When her husband joins the shogunate forces trying to save Edo, Hana is left to fend for herself but she is forced to flee her home when the city is overrun by the imperial army. Hana finds herself in the Yoshiwara, the famous red light district, where she naively falls victim to a procuress who sells her to a brothel. Hana is initially reluctant about becoming a courtesan but she realises she has little choice and the glamour of the lifestyle begins to appeal to her. As Hana's star rises, ... Read the Post
The Survivors by Kate Furnivall
At the end of the Second World War, Klara Janowska and her daughter, Alicja, find themselves in a refugee camp in Germany while waiting to be repatriated to England. Along with thousands of other displaced persons, Klara and Alicja have to endure appalling conditions but then Klara recognises a man from her past and knows she has to kill him before he kills her. As a dangerous game of cat and mouse ensues, Klara takes three orphans under her wing while fighting her attraction to Davide, a ... Read the Post
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
When Andy and her mother, Laura, go to the mall to celebrate her birthday, things turn violent when a teenage boy starts shooting people in the diner. While urging her daughter to flee, Laura draws the killer's attention and Andy watches in horror as the killer then tries to stab her mother. However, Laura turns the tables on him and before long it is the boy who is lying dead at her feet. A stunned Andy is barely able to comprehend how her mother, a cancer-survivor, could pull off such a ... Read the Post
The Last Concubine by Lesley Downer
Eleven year old Sachi is excited when she learns an imperial princess will be travelling through her village, however she is even more shocked when she is told she will be accompanying Princess Kazu to Edo Castle. Kazu's subsequent marriage to Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi was arranged to end the rivalry between the imperial court and the shogunate, however Kazu fails to conceive an heir and she gifts Sachi to her husband. After four years of learning how to be a court lady, Sachi is surprised to ... Read the Post
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