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|author= Lynn Guest
|title= The Sword of Hachiman
|rating= 4
|genre= Historical Fiction
|summary= Set at the dawn of the Shogun era, “The Sword of Hachiman” follows two warrior clans, the Minamoto and the Taira, as they struggle for power under the Emperor. At first the Taira are in uneasy control, but the three Minamoto sons, separated at birth, plan to secretly reunite, in order to defeat the Taira and avenge their Father’s death. The youngest, Yoshitsune, is deemed most worthy and is granted the family heirloom the Sword of Hachiman, the War God. Initiated into love and espionage by a young Taira noblewoman, and tested in the ferocious hand to hand combat that is his birthright, We follow Yoshitsune as he meets his faithful retainer, Benkei, and as he goes behind the scenes of the Cloister court, where to extraordinary women enter his life…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1861515634</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tracey Warr
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785892541</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Sue Gee
|summary=In the winter of 1936, Steven Coulter's wife, Margaret, dies of tuberculosis, leaving their Northumberland cottage cold and empty. His work as a history teacher at Kirkhoughton Boys' School isn't enough to distract him from his grief; he spends his long evenings writing letters to Margaret. Gradually, though, as spring arrives he starts to take an interest in other things. His colleague Frank Embleton invites him to a performance by the Hepplewick Trio: Frank's sister Diana on cello; pianist Margot Heslop, whose mother died when she was young and who looks after her father, a coal mine manager, at Hepplewick Hall; and their friend George Liddell, the violinist and leader, who is a Royal College of Music graduate.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784630616</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= William Sutton
|title= Lawless and the Flowers of Sin
|rating= 4
|genre= Crime (Historical)
|summary= Much of this book centres on, as we are accustomed to in tales of Victorian London, dastardly deeds done on a foggy night. Indeed the fog runs thick through this novel, draping the seedy events in a soupy broth of vice. Our hero, Lawless, rather ironically, is that most rare of birds, an honest detective, although as we learn he, himself, is not without his vices. What becomes clear however is that he is something of a social crusader when his eyes are opened to the misery and degradation faced by 'fallen' women. At its heart, the Flowers of Sin is a detective story, with Lawless given an impossible task to complete alongside solving a seemingly impossible crime. Along the way he meets a rag tag bunch of misfits who help, hurt and hinder our hero. There is romance and intrigue along the way as well as a sensational public trial, murder and episodes of mayhem.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785650114</amazonuk>
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