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Tag: historical fiction

The Foundling – Stacey Halls

On April 7, 2021April 6, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

A pure delight for the fans of historical fiction. Based in 18th century London, introducing us to all levels of society through a story of a stolen child.  The Cosmopolitan recommends the author as ‘the new Hilary Mantel’, and while I haven’t read Mantel, this recommendation coming from this specific magazine is enough to make …

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Queen’s Gambit – Elizabeth Freemantle

On January 18, 2021December 21, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

I’m sure you know that a few months ago the whole world went bonkers for the Netflix series Queen’s Gambit. In the first weeks, I missed the hype and only found out about it from my mum. She told me she is reading the book before she’ll watch the series because she would be too …

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