ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH MOON by Victoria Holt is a fairy tale set in the years 1859 to 1870 in Germany. A young English girl gets lost in the mists […]
A fairy tale set in the years 1859 to 1870 in Germany…(ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH MOON)
THE STONES OF GREEN KNOWE (GREEN KNOWE #6) by Lucy Maria Boston
In this last, sixth novel of the series, we say “goodbye” to our friends at Green Knowe. In this farewell volume, published in 1976, twelve years after volume five, we see our […]
AN ENEMY AT GREEN KNOWE (GREEN KNOWE #5) by Lucy Maria Boston
Like Volume 4, Volume 5 is about a stranger who arrives at Green Knowe. However, this stranger is no gorilla trying to find a place to hide, but a creepy academic woman […]
A STRANGER AT GREEN KNOWE (GREEN KNOWE #4) by Lucy Maria Boston
In this fourth novel, Ping, one of the displaced children from the third novel becomes the protagonist when Mrs. Oldknow invites him to stay at Green Knowe. This novel has none of […]
THE RIVER AT GREEN KNOWE (GREEN KNOWE #3) by Lucy Maria Boston
Having enjoyed the first two volumes of this series, I imagined I would read another charming tale about Tolly and his great-grandmother Mrs. Oldknow, and some children from yet another century. Imagine […]
THE CHIMNEYS OF GREAT KNOWE/TREASURE OF GREEN KNOWE (GREEN KNOWE#2) by Lucy Maria Boston
Tolly, our protagonist from the first of the series is now 9 and half a year has passed since the last novel. This time, we meet some children from the early 19th-century: […]
THE CHILDREN OF GREEN KNOWE (GREEN KNOWE #1) by Lucy Maria Boston
I loved this book as a child. I loved reading about an old country house where mysterious figures flit about. I loved reading about Mrs. OldKnow who rules over the many beings […]
Victoria Holt’s THE TIME OF THE HUNTER’S MOON
Victoria Holt was one of those authors I loved as a child, and it wasn’t until I was nearly grown up that I realized that she, and Jean Plaidy, and Philippa Carr, […]
Georgette Heyer’s THE MASQUERADERS
THE MASQUERADERS by Georgette Heyer turned out to be the most unexpected delight. I cannot remember now why I put it on my reading list, but as I opened it to read […]
Philippa Gregory’s THREE SISTERS, THREE QUEENS
In this novel Philippa Gregory portrays the voice of an unknown Tudor princess, Princess Margaret, the elder sister of King Henry VIII who married James IV of Scotland at the tender age […]
A wonderful novel with an outstanding ending (POSSESSION)
POSSESSION by A.S. Byatt employs a parallel plot device, in which two modern researchers (Maud Bailey and Roland Mitchell) try to find out what (if any) was the relationship between two Victorian […]
Margaret George’s MARY, CALLED MAGDALENE
What a wonderful book this is! Margaret George’s MARY, CALLED MAGDALENE is about the life and ministry of Jesus Christ and what happened to his disciples after his death. The book is […]
Madame Defarge knits in code…(A TALE OF TWO CITIES)
If there is one thing that people remember about Charles Dicken’s A TALE OF TWO CITIES, it is of Madame Defarge knitting while the heads roll: “The ministers of Sainte Guillotine are […]
TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN by Philippa Pearce
Poor Tom. It’s the beginning of his summer holidays, but his brother Peter catches measles. And so Tom is hustled off to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen, a well-meaning […]
She wanted to be a doctor, but it was 1861…(MY NAME IS MARY SUTTER)
MY NAME IS MARY SUTTER is the debut novel of Robin Oliveira, who gained an MFA at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Ms. Oliveira has a story to tell about a […]
A well-brought-up young lady meets a mischievous sprite…(THE RUNAWAY)
THE RUNAWAY by Elizabeth Anna Hart was originally published in 1872, and tells the tale of an excessively conscientious, well-brought up young lady named Clarice, and what happens when she comes across […]
A LONDON CHILD OF THE 1870s by Molly Hughes
Molly Hughes’ memoirs, about her childhood in London in the 1870s give a vivid account of what it was like to be a child at that time. The youngest of five children, […]
Being kind makes anyone a princess (A LITTLE PRINCESS)
I loved this novel as a child, so it was a pleasure to read a re-issue of it which contains some material that had previously been cut out. A LITTLE PRINCESS is […]
