Posts tagged ‘books’

A different corner, Eileen Phillips

As British director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave scoops top film awards, A Different Corner explores the impact of the British slave trade.

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Family likeness, by Caitlin Davies

A portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle at Kenwood House inspired author Caitlin Davies to find out more about the young woman whose story is woven into this suspenseful novel.

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The sacred river, by Wendy Wallace

Set against the backdrop of growing social unrest, The Sacred River is an intricate story of three women who travel to Egypt to escape London.

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How images of women in Victorian asylum inspired debut novel

Haunting photographic portraits of asylum patients were the spark for writer and journalist Wendy Wallace’s first novel that exposes the horrors experienced by those women who…

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