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“I, Penelope Taberner Cameron, tell this story of happenings when I was a young girl.”

A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley

October 10, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

CBRBingo14: Time (time traveling) I think this is one of those books that is a children’s classic in England but didn’t become as famous in the US, or else I just missed it as a kid. I picked it up on vacation in England recently along with two other children’s time travel novels, which seems to be a lively genre over there. A Traveller in Time is a book that’s very centered in one place, in this case the farm of Thackers. Uttley is wonderful […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Alison Uttley, British fiction, cbr14bingo, children's fiction, historical fiction, time travel, Tudor England, victorian england

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:91 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Alison Uttley, British fiction, cbr14bingo, children's fiction, historical fiction, time travel, Tudor England, victorian england ·
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I just couldn’t connect with this despite enjoying the author’s previous works

The Raven Spell by Luanne G. Smith

September 2, 2022 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – Gaslight Sisters Edwina and Mary Blackwood have to move around quite a bit. Any time their neighbors catch wind of what they really are, they must move. Witches aren’t the most tolerated group of people in Victorian England (hence the gaslight). Edwina has the innate ability to find shiny objects and her sister Mary can capture the memories of morals which she only tries to do right before they pass on. Unfortunately Mary accidentally took the memories of a detective who was not […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Luanne G. Smith, victorian england

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Luanne G. Smith, victorian england ·
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A Rose by Any Other Name

Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent

February 13, 2022 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

As a big Modesty Blaise fan, I’ve always enjoyed Peter O’Donnell’s writing ability and reread his 15 Modesty books every couple of years. Imagine my surprise from his obituary to discover that he wrote gothic historic romances under the name “Madeleine Brent.” Merlin’s Keep (named after the birds and not the wizard) won the Romantic Novel of the Year for 1978. While I’ve probably never read a gothic historic romance in my life, I ordered several of his romances and started with Merlin’s Keep (because […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: gothic historical romance, Madeleine Brent, Peter O'Donnell, strong female lead, victorian england

sabian30's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Romance · Tags: gothic historical romance, Madeleine Brent, Peter O'Donnell, strong female lead, victorian england ·
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Crossdressing, murder, and blackmail, oh my!

The Body at the Tower (The Agency #2) by Y. S. Lee

February 20, 2021 by tiny_bookbot 1 Comment

(Note: mild spoilers for Book #1, A Spy in the House.) This has been a fun series to read in the evenings when winding down: the plotting is nicely propulsive, historical London is very well-centered, and Mary Quinn (née Lang) remains an engaging protagonist. This sophomore entry in Lee’s The Agency series picks up about a year after the first book left off: she is now a full member of the all-ladies investigatory firm concealed within Miss Scrimshaw’s School for Girls, and her two superiors […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: historical fiction, victorian england, Victorian era, y.s. lee

tiny_bookbot's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: historical fiction, victorian england, Victorian era, y.s. lee ·
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monologuing at the mouth of madness

The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell

January 11, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

A strong opening pulls us directly into the spooky fold; a seamstress with a secret hurls herself from a very important man’s very high attic window. The House on Vesper Sands has all of the hallmarks of a Victorian throw-back; mazes of manners, decrepit mansions, and gin-soaked police populate a scuzzy world of destitute working girls, complicated family histories, and genteel young men all-aflutter. The Spiritualist movement is in full-swing and a cloaked and creepy group of “Spiriters” may be responsible for a rash of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: ARC, crime, detective, galley, gothic, historical fiction, murder, Paraic O'Donnell, paranormal, tin house, tin house galley club, victorian england

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: ARC, crime, detective, galley, gothic, historical fiction, murder, Paraic O'Donnell, paranormal, tin house, tin house galley club, victorian england ·
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The cook and the case of the missing children

Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley

January 8, 2021 by Catticus Finch Leave a Comment

This is book four in the Below Stairs series by Jennifer Ashley, set in Victorian England.  The series is unique in that the focus is on Kat Holloway, a cook in a grand house in Mayfair – an upstairs/downstairs premise that gives you a look into the workings of a large kitchen in that time period.  She is intelligent and resourceful, and her quick thinking has saved many a meal when the upstairs folk demand a menu change at the last minute.   But of course, […]

Filed Under: History, Mystery Tagged With: #historicalmystery, Below Stairs Book 4, Jennifer Ashley, Kat Holloway, victorian england

Catticus Finch's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: History, Mystery · Tags: #historicalmystery, Below Stairs Book 4, Jennifer Ashley, Kat Holloway, victorian england ·
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