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  • Location: Japan

The Last Concubine (The Shogun Quartet 2)

1865:  The women’s palace in the great city of Edo is a hotbed of intrigue

  • Location: The Somme, Ypres, Wakefield, Yorkshire

Where Dragonflies Hover

2000s/WW1: Sometimes a glimpse into the past can help make sense of the future …

  • Location: Newport, New York City, London

The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau

1895: A gilded cage is still a cage – The American aristocrats who came to England to marry money

  • Location: Algeria, Paris

The Rabbi’s Cat

1930s: The story of a rabbi, his daughter, and their talking cat

  • Location: Amsterdam, Deventer, Leiden, Santpoort, Amersfoort, Egmond aan den Hoef

The Words in My Hand

1630 – 1640: Descartes comes to live in Amsterdam and meets a local maid. Both their lives will never be the same again

Featured Book

The Tumbling Girl

1876: So much sass and sexiness in one book!

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