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Category: Historical Fiction

Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Book reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance

Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

12/10/202112/10/2021 by Luke Harkness
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The premise behind The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab had me hooked. A woman makes a deal with an evil god to essentially live forever. But one day a man comes along and changes the three hundred years of life she’s lived forever. Please note that this […]

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Book Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Book reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance

Book Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

27/09/202101/10/2021 by Luke Harkness
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You can’t go too far on bookstagram without The Song of Achilles being recommended to you. In Madeline Miller’s debut novel, she focuses on the story of Achilles and Patroclus as they grow from boys to men and the different directions life takes them despite their love for one another. […]

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Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Book reviews, Historical Fiction

Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

24/09/2021 by Luke Harkness
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The Book Thief is described as a “life-affirming bestseller” in it’s Kindle title on Amazon and I must say, this is very true. The Book Thief is the story of a young girl starting in 1939 as she grows up in Nazi Germany and the stories of those around her […]

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Book Review: The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
Book reviews, Historical Fiction

Book Review: The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell

13/09/202101/10/2021 by Luke Harkness
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Bernard Cornwell has built up quite the repertoire of best-selling historical fiction novels. However, his ‘Last Kingdom’ series is likely his biggest having been made into a critically acclaimed and very successful Netflix series too. The Pale Horseman is the second in the series and carries on the story of […]

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Book Review: All The Light We Cannot See
Book reviews, Historical Fiction

Book Review: All The Light We Cannot See

11/09/2021 by Luke Harkness
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All The Light we cannot see was recommended to me as my next read on my Instagram and Twitter. It was between this and The Song of Achilles. It’s a story about two young people during the war and the struggles they face trying to survive under their own unique […]

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Book Review: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Book reviews, Classics, Historical Fiction

Book Review: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

05/09/202114/03/2022 by Luke Harkness
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To Kill A Mockingbird is up there with some of the all-time classic books recommended to anybody who wants to consider themself “well-read”. It’s a book that takes you through all the range of emotions, teaching you morality and pure kindness along the way. Originally published in 1960, To Kill […]

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Book Review: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Book reviews, Historical Fiction, Romance

Book Review: The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

31/08/2021 by Luke Harkness
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One of the books of 2018, The Tattooist of Auschwitz tells the true tale of Lale and his time in a concentration camp and the finding of his one true love during the second war and the Nazi regime. The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a dark tale that I think […]

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Book Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Book reviews, Historical Fiction

Book Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

18/08/202118/08/2021 by Luke Harkness
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I think Shuggie Bain is likely on everybody’s “to-be-read” list after winning the 2020 Booker Prize award. It’s a tale that spans over a decade and tells the story of deep sorrow and struggle between a boy and his mother. Please note this article contains affiliate links. This means if […]

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Book Review: The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Book reviews, Historical Fiction

Book Review: The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

31/07/202131/07/2021 by Luke Harkness
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You may well have heard of The Last Kingdom tv series on Netflix that has received critical acclaim. It’s based on a book series and the book series is rather good too you’ll be pleased to hear.

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Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

19/07/202119/07/2021 by Luke Harkness
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I did a poll on my Instagram recently on which book I should read next and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini won the poll by quite the majority. I’d also had the book recommended to me as “one of their favourite books of all time” by a work […]

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