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August 8, 2023

REVIEW: Mrs. Porter Calling by A. J. Pearce

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / female friendship / First-Person / Friends / Historical / Historical fiction / journalism / journalist / London / The Emmy Lake Chronicles / War / Military / World War II2 Comments

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London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away to war, Emmy Lake is now in charge of “Yours Cheerfully,” the hugely popular advice column in Woman’s Friend magazine. Cheered on by her best friend Bunty, Emmy is dedicated to helping ... more >

August 4, 2023

REVIEW: Arthur, Prince of Wales by Gareth B Streeter

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / Historical / non-fiction / Tudor-England / TudorsNo Comments

For too long, Arthur Tudor has been remembered only for what he never became. The boy who died prematurely and paved the way for the revolutionary reign of his younger brother, Henry VIII. Yet, during his short life, Arthur was at the centre of one of the most tumultuous periods ... more >

July 14, 2023

REVIEW: The Voluble Topsy by A P Herbert

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / 1940s / England / epistolary / flapper / high society / Historical / London / marriage / politics / socialiteNo Comments

In the late 1920s Topsy is a girl about town, a society deb, a dashing flapper. She writes breathless, exuberant letters to her best friend Trix about her life, her parties, her intrigues, and the men in her life. One particular man draws her into politics, and to Topsy’s amazement, ... more >

July 14, 2023

REVIEW: An Ordinary Girl by Betty Neels

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdoctor hero / England / vicar's daughter3 Comments

An ordinary girl. An extraordinary love? Professor James Forsyth is intrigued when he first meets Philomena Selby. She’s so shy and kind – he’s used to much more demanding women! There was no doubt James is very handsome but Philly knows he has a fiancée and as a plain country ... more >

June 14, 2023

REVIEW: The Briar Rose by Dinah Dean

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews16th-century / commoners / country-set / England / English countryside / Henry-VIII / Historical / political intrigue / religion / Tudor-England / unrequited-love / Woodham Book series2 Comments

She’s a healer, but a broken church and a broken heart are beyond her skill With the dissolution of the monastery that has been the center of her life imminent, Kate Cressy can’t help but resent Matthew Hartwell, the man sent to her father’s house to value every item of ... more >

June 5, 2023

REVIEW: Trial and Tribulation: A Novel of World War II by John Rhodes

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsEngland / Historical / mathematics / pilot / politics / War / Military / World War II2 Comments

It is 1943. In the skies above war-torn Europe a savage battle continues as Allied bomber crews rain down fire and destruction on Hitler’s cities, and Luftwaffe fighters tear the bombers to pieces. Faced with the destruction, Churchill asks, “Are we barbarians?” Back in England, after the Siege of Malta ... more >

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