The Crown in Crisis
The Crown in Crisis, Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman I was disappointed in The Crown in Crisis, Countdown to the Abdication, a day-by-day account of the last month […]
The Churchills in Love and War
The Churchills in Love and War by Mary S. Lovell From the time that war hero the Duke of Marlborough built Blenheim Palace in 1704, the Churchill family has occupied […]
The Churchill Sisters
The Churchill Sisters by Rachel Trethewey Without question, Winston Churchill was one of the great statesmen of the 20thC, but as a parent, less great. This is somewhat understandable as […]
The Bolter
The Bolter by Frances Osborne A bolter, as readers of the novels of Nancy Mitford know, refers not to a horse, but rather an unconventional (or wicked) woman who leaves […]
Believing the Lie
Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George I have (almost) forgiven Elizabeth George for killing one of my favorite characters a few books ago. And when I read her latest Inspector […]
The Confidence Men
The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox It all started with a homemade Ouija board. In an isolated WW I prisoner-of-war camp in Yozgad, Central Anatolia, British prisoner Harry Jones, a […]
The Appeal
The Appeal by Janice Hallett The Appeal, an epistolary novel, opens with a memo from a lawyer asking two of his colleagues to review a case file. “It is best […]
Sisters of Fortune
Sisters of Fortune by Jehanne Wake Decades before the “Dollar Princesses” like Consuela Vanderbilt stormed British society, there were the Caton sisters of Maryland. The Caton sisters were descendants of […]
Standing in the Shadows
Standing in the Shadows a DCI Banks novel by Peter Robinson Alice Poole was murdered in 1980; the case remains unsolved. Decades later, DCI Banks and his team investigate the […]
The Priory
The Priory by Dorothy Whipple For Jane Austen fans! Although not as subtle as dear Jane’s works, The Priory, published in 1939, will appeal to many Austen fans. Christine and […]
Someone at a Distance
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple The best birthday gift, a box of books! This pretty box of books is from U.K. based Persephone Books. If you are not […]
River of the Gods
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard Having read Alan Moorehead’s best-selling books, The Blue Nile and […]
Midnight’s Furies
Midnight’s Furies, The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition by Nisid Hajari Midnight’s Furies is a grim account of the final year of the British Raj and the birth of an […]
Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown If you are a fan of The Crown and enjoy Royal gossip, I recommend Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, which for lack […]
Lady in Waiting
Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner Anne Glenconner had an idyllic childhood. In her memoir, Lady in Waiting, she describes growing up at Holkham, the 27,000-acre estate of her father, […]