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|author= Michael Hughes

|title= The Countenance Divine

|rating= 4.5

|genre= Literary Fiction

|summary=In 1999, a programmer is trying to fix the millennium bug, but can't shake the sense he's been chosen for something.

In 1888, five women are brutally murdered in the East End by a troubled young man in thrall to a mysterious master.

In 1777, an apprentice engraver called William Blake has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision returns.

And in 1666, poet and revolutionary John Milton completes the epic for which he will be remembered centuries later.

But where does the feeling come from that the world is about to end?

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473636507</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author= Adrien Bosc

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471136124</amazonuk>

|amazonus=<amazonus>1471136124</amazonus>

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~~|author= Aliya Whiteley~~

~~|title= The Arrival of Missives~~

~~|rating= 4.5~~

~~|genre= Literary Fiction~~

|summary=In the aftermath of the Great War, Shirley Fearn dreams of challenging the conventions of rural England, where life is as unchanging as the seasons. The scarred veteran Mr Tiller, left disfigured by an impossible accident on the battlefields of France, brings with him a message: part prophecy, part warning. As Shirley's village prepares for the annual May Day celebrations, where a new queen will be crowned and the future reborn, she must choose between change and renewal – will the missives Mr Tiller brings prevent her mastering her identity?

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907389377</amazonuk>~~

}}

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