Blogs in March 2020

Once Upon a River 9th March 2020

“The Thames is a character in its own right” On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the Thames, the regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open and in steps an injured...

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The Redeemed 9th March 2020

It is 1916. The world has gone to war, and young Leo Sercombe, hauling coal aboard the HMS Queen Mary, is a long way from home. The wild, unchanging West Country roads of his boyhood seem very far away...

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The Offing 9th March 2020

A Times Book of the Year An i Book of the Year A Reading Agency Book of the Year A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick A BBC Radio 4 ‘Book at Bedtime’ An Observer Pick for 2019 One...

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Between the Stops 9th March 2020

‘Between the Stops is a sort of a memoir, my sort. It’s about a bus trip really, because it’s my view from the Number 12 bus (mostly top deck, the seat at the front on the right), a double-decker...

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From Venice with Love 6th March 2020

The bestselling author of The Lemon Tree Hotel returns with an enchanting new holiday read about family bonds and following your heart, wherever it might take you… With her marriage in danger of falling apart, Joanna returns home to...

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