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Lucienne Boyce Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Writer of historical fiction and non-fiction. To The Fair Land (2012), The Bristol Suffragettes (2013), and The Dan Foster Mysteries.

20 books
Book Cover for: City of Beasts: How Animals Shaped Georgian London, Thomas Almeroth-Williams

City of Beasts: How Animals Shaped Georgian London

Thomas Almeroth-Williams
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

2 books about different societies for my October Month in Books - a future state in #OctaviaButler's Parable of the Sower, and the past in City of Beasts: How Animals Shaped Georgian London by Thomas Almeroth-Williams #18thcentury, #Georgian #London https://francesca-scriblerus.blogspot.com/2021/10/my-month-in-books-october-2021.html

Paperback, 2020

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Gallows Wake, Helen Hollick

Gallows Wake

Helen Hollick
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

Today I'm reviewing Helen Hollick's Gallows Wake - the sixth splendid Jesamiah Acorne book - on my blog, a high-spirited #pirate adventure! Read my review here https://t.co/Bo8dnaj9li #GallowsWake @HelenHollick https://t.co/cPeOdfeKbv

Paperback, 2022

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Widows of Malabar Hill, Sujata Massey

The Widows of Malabar Hill

Sujata Massey
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

This month I’ve been reading the detectives! The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey is a gripping read introducing Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first woman lawyer. And I revisited Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone #WilkieCollins #Victorian #detectives. https://francesca-scriblerus.blogspot.com/2022/04/my-month-in-books-march-2022.html https://t.co/woJCVxAkLY

Paperback, 2018

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Winds Of Heaven, Monica Dickens

The Winds Of Heaven

Monica Dickens
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

This month I’ve been reading Sarah Lefanu’s Dreaming of Rose: A Biographer’s Journal, published by Handheld Press, @KateHandheld , and The Winds of Heaven, a 1950s novel by Monica Dickens from @PersephoneBooks https://t.co/DBlqtqEhjN

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Book Cover for: The Moonstone, W. Collins

The Moonstone

W. Collins
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

This month I’ve been reading the detectives! The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey is a gripping read introducing Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first woman lawyer. And I revisited Wilkie Collins’s The Moonstone #WilkieCollins #Victorian #detectives. https://t.co/R2kKHzvliY https://t.co/woJCVxAkLY

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Book Cover for: Landscapes: Selected Writings of J.B. Jackson, J. B. Jackson

Landscapes: Selected Writings of J.B. Jackson

J. B. Jackson
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

Two very different books on my April Month in Books blog! Suzie Grogan's beautiful study of John Keats: Poetry, Life & Landscapes, and Conn Iggulden's robust historical novel, Wars of the Roses: Stormbird. https://t.co/1M2ad4c076 #JohnKeats #historicalfiction https://t.co/MaGTXARCIQ

Paperback, 1970

$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dreaming of Rose: A Biographer's Journal, Sarah Lefanu

Dreaming of Rose: A Biographer's Journal

Sarah Lefanu
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

This month I’ve been reading Sarah Lefanu’s Dreaming of Rose: A Biographer’s Journal, published by Handheld Press, @KateHandheld , and The Winds of Heaven, a 1950s novel by Monica Dickens from @PersephoneBooks https://francesca-scriblerus.blogspot.com/2021/08/my-month-in-books-august-2021.html

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Book Cover for: Old Baggage, Lissa Evans

Old Baggage

Lissa Evans
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

This month I’ve been reading 2 fabulous books: Endell Street: The Trailblazing Women Who Ran World War One’s Most Remarkable Military Hospital by Wendy Moore and Old Baggage by Lissa Evans https://t.co/L8u1RrkTjF https://t.co/ceiWxuqanj

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Book Cover for: The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

The books I reviewed this month have nothing in common except I loved them both! Samantha Shannon’s brilliant The Priory of the Orange Tree, and Andrew Taylor’s wonderful Bleeding Heart Square https://francesca-scriblerus.blogspot.com/2022/06/my-month-in-books-june-2022.html #bookreviews

Paperback, 2020

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold
Lucienne BoyceLucienne Boyce

Really enjoyed watching the @HallieRubenhold London Library interview on her book The Five yesterday afternoon - & there are still lots of other recordings to see! https://t.co/SYYmbIqFJA #londonlibrary @TheLondonLib

Paperback, 2020

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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