Week beginning 27 November 2024

Charlotte Booth and Brian Billington The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London Pen & Sword | White Owl, November 2024. Thank you NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London provides yet another source for understanding and exploring London through aContinue reading “Week beginning 27 November 2024”

Week beginning May 1 2024

Linda Stewart Henley Kate’s War She Writes Press, April 2024. Linda Stewart Henley was inspired by an event in which her father featured when she wrote Kate’s War. In 1940, CORB was one plan of evacuation in which children and their voluntary escorts were sent overseas to safety.  It was short lived because the dangersContinue reading “Week beginning May 1 2024”

Week beginning March 2023

Tracey Enerson Wood The President’s Wife Sourcebooks Landmark, 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected copy for review. The President’s Wife is an apt title, encompassing as it does the part of Edith Galt’s life where she becomes instead, Edith Wilson, First lady. Galt is her married name – that of herContinue reading “Week beginning March 2023”