A slice of historical fiction for autumn

When the present day seems that little bit too depressing, it's time to turn to the history books. Even better: historical fiction, which reinvents the past in new and exciting ways. So come on: let's hop into the TARDIS and whizz back in time to visit these far-flung lands... The Mercies, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave …

Blog Tour: The Year of the Gun, by H.B. Lyle

Before we get started with this book review, just take a look at that cover. The colour! The design! The intrigue! Absolutely gorgeous- so you can imagine when it popped through my letterbox I picked it up with glee. And now for the knockout punch: this book combines my love of Victoriana with a story …

Simply riveting, darling: The Mitford Scandal, by Jessica Fellowes

It's the Roaring Twenties (or Thirties!). It's time for champagne! Excess! And... murder? Former ladies' maid Louisa Cannon thinks that she's left the glamorous Mitford sisters far behind, but when Bryan Guinness proposes marriage to the beautiful Diana Mitford, she is once again swept up into a giddy whirlwind of hedonism. That is, until the …

Blog Tour: The Name Beneath the Stone, by Robert Newcome

Three generations, one family, connected by an historic secret. 1917: Private Daniel Dawkins fights at Messines Ridge and Passchendaele. He writes home to his true-love Joyce, but reveals little of his extreme bravery, his kindness, his loyalty to his comrades and the horrors they experience on the Western Front.  1920: Captain Peter Harding is tasked …

Blog Tour: The Vanished Bride, by Bella Ellis

Let's get one thing straight before we start: I absolutely adore the Brontës. Their writing is gorgeous, spooky and atmospheric, and I loved it so much that I wrote about it for my last big essay at uni. So when this blog tour came along, I practically ripped the book out of the letterbox in …