Monthly Archives: July 2026

Week beginning 29 July 2026

Elizabeth Imlay Charlotte Brontë’s Psyche A Close Reading of ‘Jane Eyre’ Aurora Metro Books|River Light Press, May 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Imlay has adapted her earlier publication to consider the decrease in classical education. The result remains an exciting analysis of Jane Eyre, where Imlay’sContinue reading “Week beginning 29 July 2026”

Week beginning 21 July 2026

Margaret Waller Napoleon’s Closet The Emperor, the Priest, and the Men Who Invented Modern Fashion Columbia University Press, August 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I began this book several times, finding it dense and the somewhat specialist language difficult to navigate. However, Napoleon’s Closet The Emperor, theContinue reading “Week beginning 21 July 2026”

Week beginning July 14 2026

Jerry Jamison Behind the Beehive The Triumphs and Trials of Dusty Springfield Bloomsbury Academic, October 2026.Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jerry Jamison acknowledges the difficulties of researching this biography and in a Note from the Author at the beginning, and in an afterword, has described these, and detailedContinue reading “Week beginning July 14 2026”

Week beginning 8 July 2026

Mai Black The Women Who Saved Shakespeare The Book Guild, May 2026. Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Mai Black describes her debut work, The Women Who Saved Shakespeare, as a novel. It has all the markings of a good novel – engaging characters; conflict, including family relationships; aContinue reading “Week beginning 8 July 2026”

Week beginning 1st July 2026

Eileen Cope Hollywood Whispers The Untold Story of the Original Gossip Queens, Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper Globe Pequot | Lyons Press, November 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for this uncorrected proof for review. Eileen Cope reveals more than Hedda Hopper’s and Louella Parsons’ stories, and the scandals they placed before audiences of their era. The narratives ofContinue reading “Week beginning 1st July 2026”