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Gill Mather Author Of Intrigue At Longbourn

From my list on historical fiction with mystery and authenticity.

Why am I passionate about this?

I’ve always been interested in our past and the way life has been lived since biblical times. Since I started writing historical fiction myself, my interest has grown, especially due to the vast amount of research which has to be carried out to render any book as authentic as possible. Increasingly, writing historical fiction has made me view the present in a different light, almost as though ancient buildings, for example, could suddenly rear up and take shape in today’s streets and countryside. Therefore, reading well-written and well-researched historical fiction has become a must for me. I hope you enjoy the books I’ve chosen.

Gill's book list on historical fiction with mystery and authenticity

Gill Mather Why Gill loves this book

I love this book, which I have read several times, because it provides a lot of detail about Britain and America in the seventeenth century and the political troubles at the time.

Robert Harris’s writing style is brilliant as always, and as with all of his books, it was difficult to put down. The descriptions of the main character’s travels, especially in America, in an effort to hunt down his quarries are excellent. 

Incredibly, the author manages to create sympathy in the minds of readers for the regicides who are being hunted, even though they signed King Charles I's death warrant, and yet one also sympathises with the hunter.

By Robert Harris ,

Why should I read it?

9 authors picked Act of Oblivion as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'A belter of a thriller' THE TIMES
'A master storyteller . . . an important book for our particular historical moment' OBSERVER
'His best since Fatherland' SUNDAY TIMES

'From what is it they flee?'
He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, 'They killed the King.'

1660. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross the Atlantic. Having been found guilty of high treason for the murder of Charles the I, they are wanted and on the run. A reward hangs over their heads - for their…


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These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas,

A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.

German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…

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Martin Walker Author Of A Grave in the Woods: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel

From Martin's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Martin's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Martin Walker Why Martin loves this book

A frighteningly realistic spy story, set in modern Britain, with an ageing hero who has prostate problems, battling the prospect of an creeping privatisation of SIS, the British intelligence service that traces its heritage back to the 16th century days of Good Queen Bess. The tale in spiced with two elderly and one young woman are intelligent, likable and credible. The author, a well-known and well-travelled Scottish journalist who also served in the ranks of SIS, knows his territory, its people and its skills at betrayal.

By John Fullerton ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked How Not to Kill a Spy as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Losing one spy might be a mistake;

Losing two seems negligent;

Losing three is a disaster.

When investigator Septimus Brass delves into the strange death of an intelligence officer and the vanishing of two others, he encounters a web of official deceit.

The stakes are high. Some government ministers are eager to dismantle the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6.

The world's largest private security firm is ready to buy up the remnants of the Ziggurat, the SIS headquarters on London's Albert Embankment.

Without the SIS, the UK will be left vulnerable in a dangerous world.

Can Septimus stop it happening,…


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