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In fiction, Louise thinks you should look at [[When the Floods Came by Clare Morrall ]]. In a post-apocalyptic world, a close-knit family live isolated from the rest of the country. One day a mysterious young man arrives, changing everything forever. But who is Aashay Kent and why is he so interested in the Polanskis? Morral's world is alien, yet somehow recognisable. It is not so different from our own; which in itself is terrifying. This book is thoroughly absorbing.
In non-fiction, John recommends [[The Lost Tudor Princess: A Life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox]]. Weir never lets us down and here we find a very full life and times of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, one of the more shadowy, lesser known Tudor royal figures. Like so many others who were closely related to King Henry VIII and his children, she led an often quite a precarious life saddened by personal tragedy and marked by suspicion of treasonable activities. Hers is a fascinating story.