The Ninth Child is an intriguing mix of fact, fiction and fairy-tale fantasy. Sally Magnusson, also author of The Sealwoman’s Gift, writes in beautiful lyrical prose, evoking an ominous atmosphere from dangers unseen.
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I was first attracted to The Pearl of Penang by the gorgeous cover and the lush setting but then was quickly drawn into the story.
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Meet Me in Bombay – a poignant and heart-breaking story of two lovers torn apart by the Great War against a richly imagined setting of colonial Bombay.
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London, 1666. Elizabeth ‘Bird’ Carpenter has a wonderful singing voice, and music is her chief passion. When her father persuades her to marry horse-dealer Christopher Knepp, she suspects she is marrying beneath her station, but nothing prepares her for the reality of life with Knepp. Her father has betrayed her trust, for Knepp cares only for…
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The scorching heat, the champagne and the seductive decadence of the lifestyle of white settlers in Nairobi forms the backdrop to this ‘coming of age’ story set in nineteen twenties Kenya
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