Historical
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THE DARK BETWEEN THE TREES by Fiona Barnett (BOOK REVIEW)
‘Alice was a historian, which meant that part of her wanted that connection to people over the centuries, people who would never and could never meet ... -
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman, The Arabic Epic of Dhat Al-Himma (edited and translated by Melanie Magidow, 2022) BOOK REVIEW
“When Mazlum told her of her uncle’s suggestion, Fatima laughed outright. Then her eyes flashed and she spoke softly. ‘I swear, even if the most powerful ... -
A MAN LIES DREAMING & THE LUNACY COMMISSION by Lavie Tidhar (BOOK REVIEWS)
“But there you are wrong, for this is no longer the world you knew, the world any of us knew. That world is dead, everything is ... -
THE OLD DRIFT by Namwali Serpell (BOOK REVIEW)
“Indeed, the workings of animal biology seemed to mirror the workings of human society. Joseph’s ecology lecturer introduced the students to three terms for how organisms ... -
RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark (Book Review)
I have been following the career of P. Djèlí Clark for some time (including a review and interview on this site) so when the e-ARC of ... -
DARK RIVER by Rym Kechacha (Book Review)
I’ve been keen to read Rym Kechacha’s debut novel “Dark River” from the moment I heard about its central premise, twin timelines set 8000 years apart ... -
LANCELOT by Giles Kristian (Book Review)
‘I feel like a ghost myself. A soul lingering long after the body has been given to the flame or earth. Seeking all that it has ... -
THE PURSUIT OF WILLIAM ABBEY by Claire North (Book Review)
‘The Great War had been coming for such a long time. It was born in the hearts of our ruling men the day they were held ... -
Where Oblivion Lives by T. Frohock (Book Review)
Where Oblivion Lives takes us once more into Frohock’s world of Los Nefilim – a fantasy creation overlaid on historical reality as intrinsically and indivisibly as ... -
Books & Booze: The Lions of Al-Rassan
Warning: this edition of Books & Booze contains Stage 9 Book Adoration Let’s just get this out of the way, and then maybe we can level ...
