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|author=CC Humphreys

|title=Fire

|rating=4.5

|genre=Crime (Historical)

|summary=Puritan/former Roundhead Pitman and former highwayman/Cavalier Captain William Coke have formed a deep respect for each other. Their first mission was to track down the Fifth Monarchists, an organisation out to avenge those who were found guilty and hanged for signing Charles I's death warrant. That was then, during the Great Plague. A mere year later, the Plague has lessened but the Fifth Monarchists are back, taking Pitman's and Coke's interventions personally. We therefore find our heroes defending themselves, their families, the monarch, and, on top of that, a new disaster is about to hit the capital.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780891458</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author=Winston Graham

|amazonus=<amazonus>1509818618</amazonus>

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{{newreview

|author=Suzanne Rindell

|amazonus=<amazonus>1782271937</amazonus>

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{{newreview

|author=Adriana Trigiani

|summary=It was 1935 and Loretta Young wanted fame and success in Hollywood. Part of it was being young (just twenty one) and beautiful but she was also conscious that the money she brought in mattered to her family. She was hungry for love too: her father had left when she was young. Her step-father had done little better and there was a ''need'' for a man she could love and look up to. She developed a reputation for falling in love with her leading men: first it was Spencer Tracy but on the set of ''The Call of the Wild'' she fell for Clark Gable - and he for her.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471136345</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Leo Tolstoy~~

~~|title=War and Peace~~

~~|rating=4.5~~

~~|genre=Historical Fiction~~

|summary=1805: Napoleon Bonaparte is on the way to conquering Europe while what's left of Europe (including the Russian army led by Tsar Alexander) stands in his way. Prince Andrei Bolkonsky quickly gets a reputation as military hero although few know this is allied to his death wish. Meanwhile back in Russia the remaining aristocracy have no doubt that their motherland will win and so they continue with daily life. Pierre, the illegitimate son of Count Bezukhoff buries his life in wine, women, song and more wine but the death of his father takes him on a journey to find happiness, the long way round. 12-year-old Natasha Rostov dreams of love and happiness, searching with age-related exuberance and inexperience. The older generation are there to help and hinder as they take their places as pawns and puppeteers in the manipulation and social climbing that's become second nature… that is until the tide of war changes.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184990846X</amazonuk>~~

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