Louise Willder The Book Was Better The Triumphs and Travesties of Book to Film Adaptation Oneworld Publications, October 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. So often heard, so often demonstrating a misunderstanding of the role and mode of the two different performances…and sometimes so right! Louise WilderContinue reading “Week beginning 26 August 2026”
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Week beginning 19 August 2026
Ellen Carol DuBois Elizabeth Cady Stanton A Revolutionary Life Basic Books, March 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Ellen Carol DuBois has written a biography that rings with authenticity about a woman whose values raise questions alongside the respect she merits. The latter outweighs the questions, and theContinue reading “Week beginning 19 August 2026”
Week beginning 12 August 2026 (corrected to include the complete Bob McMullan paper)
Richard L. Schur Suits A Cultural History Bloomsbury Academic, November 2026 Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic, for this uncorrected proof for review. As a lover of legal dramas such as Picket Fences, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and The Practice, I was immediately drawn to this history of a legal drama that, on my limitedContinue reading “Week beginning 12 August 2026 (corrected to include the complete Bob McMullan paper)”
Week beginning 5 August 2026
Dale DeBakcsy A History of Women in Music From Antiquity to Present Day Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, January 2026. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a dense work with an almost overwhelming level of detail. Rather than adopting the usual PenContinue reading “Week beginning 5 August 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”
Week beginning 24th June 2024
Liz Nugent The Truth About Ruby Cooper Penguin General UK – Penguin General UK – Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business | Sandycove, March 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Liz Nugent creates moral dilemmas for the reader from the beginning of this intriguing and difficult novel.Continue reading “Week beginning 24th June 2024”
