Blogs in July 2023

The Seventh Passenger 11th July 2023

When the Titanic sinks it takes with it the crime scene, the witnesses and possibly the murderer. The Titanic’s last stop is at Queenstown, Ireland, where seven first-class passengers disembark. Soon after continuing its voyage, the body of a...

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Another Country 8th July 2023

Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, this is a superb second novel from the author of the multiple-award winning ‘Saraswati Park’. Paris, London, Bombay: three cities form a backdrop to a journey through Leela’s twenties at the dawn...

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The Emperor’s Babe 6th July 2023

A coming-of-age tale to make the muses themselves roar with laughter and weep for pity — sassy, razor-sharp and transformative. Londinium, AD 211. Zuleika is a modern girl living in an ancient world. She’s a back-alley firecracker, a scruffy...

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The Bookman’s Tale 5th July 2023

A mysterious portrait ignites an antiquarian bookseller’s search for his lost love. Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books and literature – in particular the golden age of Shakespeare, Jonson and Marlowe – The Bookman’s...

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Bloomsbury Girls 5th July 2023

One bookshop. Fifty-one rules. Three women who break them all. 1950. Bloomsbury Books on London’s Lamb’s Conduit Street has resisted change for 100 years, run by men and guided by the manager’s unbreakable rules. But after the turmoil of...

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