- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): pre-revolutionary Russia
“The Cossacks” is one of Tolstoy’s greatest works. In this semi-autobiographical work we meet the central character of Olenin, a young man of twenty-four who has yet to make anything of himself in life. Olenin joins the Russian army...
- Location(s): Suriname
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Historical
- Era(s): 18th century
The Cost of Sugar is the historical story of Jewish family planters and their slaves in Suriname. Now a major motion picture, The Cost of Sugar gives an engrossing account of eighteenth century Suriname at the time when the...
- Location(s): The West Country, Cornwall
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
Orphaned as a baby and raised by uncaring relatives, much of Anna Redding’s happiness as a child came from the long summer holidays spent with an elderly family friend, Aunt Meg, in the coastal village of Polkerran. With Aunt...
- Location(s): Cornwall
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Tucked away amongst the winding, cobbled streets of Pengelly in Cornwall, the old stone cottage on Memory Lane is full of secrets. Brimming with trinkets and treasures, there are thousands of stories hidden within its walls. Fifty-four-year-old Grace Clarke...
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): early 20th century
Sophia Seddon and Grace Thompson are poles apart – the one a member of the notorious Seddons of Plover Street, the other the vicar’s spoilt only child. But their childhood friendship is revived when they find themselves fighting a...










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