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  • Daphne du Maurier: The King's General
  • Deborah Lawrenson: The Secretary
  • Richard Cohen: How to Write like Tolstoy
  • Adrian Tinniswood: Noble Ambitions
  • Adrian Tinniswood: The Power and the Glory
  • Martin Williams: The King is Dead, Long Live the King
  • Gavin Plumley: A Home for all Seasons
  • Robert Harris: Precipice
  • Nigel Slater: A Thousand Feasts
  • Joan Aiken: Tales of London Town
  • Alan Connor: 188 Words for Rain
  • Ben Robinson: English Villages: An Extraordinary Journey through Time

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Aparatchick

I'm also a fan of her books; this one sounds very interesting, so on the TBR list it goes!

Mystica

Our Sunday Paper had an entire feature on this subject! what a coincidence to read about it here now.

Victoria Corby

This sounds absolutely delightful, one for tthe wish list.

Julie

I am looking forward to reading this one. I briefly corresponded with the author, but alas my ancestors who left Britain for India did so prior to the dateline of this book.

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