ROBERT HARRIS An Officer and a Spy. Reviewed by Peter Corris
The Dreyfus Case, notorious for its betrayals and anti-Semitism, inspires this new thriller from the author of Fatherland. In the …
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JONATHAN GRIMWOOD The Last Banquet. Reviewed by Michael Jongen
Eighteenth-century France is a feast for the senses in Jonathan Grimwood’s enjoyable romp. Set in the years leading up to …
Crime Scene: ANDREW TAYLOR The Scent of Death. Reviewed by Peter Corris
The winner of the 2013 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award, this impressive historical crime novel gives a hard-edged depiction of …
ELISABETH STORRS The Golden Dice: A Tale of Ancient Rome. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
The second book of Tales of Ancient Rome intertwines the stories of three women to again create a fascinating novel of …
ROSE TREMAIN Merivel: A Man of His Time. Reviewed by Peter Corris
This sequel to Restoration is a hectic, witty adventure set in seventeenth-century England and Europe. When, in my constant search for a …
KATE FORSYTH Bitter Greens
An imaginative interweaving of magic, fairytale and history. Kate Forsyth is well known for her conventional fantasy novels – particularly …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on historical fiction
Historical novels have always been my favourite kind of recreational reading. From Baroness Orczy’s Scarlet Pimpernel to Georgette Heyer’s Regency …
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