Reviews 

Hard work, but good. Subtitled ‘A true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland’, this is a very selective history of the troubles...

This is not the sort of book I would normally read. The title is misleading, it is not biographical at all, but a year of events and...

I really enjoyed her book about Jane Austen, but found this a bit dull. Having no interest in Agatha Christie or her books probably...

I have read this before; it is very good. A journey through the 20th century, centred on Logan Mountstuart, a half English/half Uruguayan...

Subtitled ‘Anne Brontë and the Art of Life’, this is very good. Effectively an impressionistic biography of the Brontë family (who all...

A bit of local history, for a change. Not a brilliant or particularly well written, book, but I didn’t really know that Slough in an...

Never heard of the author, although he has written a lot and this was very good. About the fictional mid 1960’s rock band, covering their...

Quite a well known author, but I am not sure I have read much (if any) before. This is a bit of historical fiction, about the V2 rocket...

I think I may have read one of his before – a trilogy called 'Berlin Noir', many years ago. This was long and ponderous at times, but a...

This was long and difficult. Much of it was excellent, although I found the lengthy middle section, narrated by a very alcoholic and...