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The Judges of the Secret Court

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on October 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »

I had never heard of David Stacton when I picked up this novel recently. But the title was wonderful: The Judges of the Secret Court – don’t you just have to find out what that refers to? It’s a novel about that most intriguing figure in American history, John Wilkes Booth. And it is introduced [...]

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With one bound

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on September 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »

On finding himself thus accidentally free, Sullivan’s only thought was to get as far as he could from Newgate Prison while it was still dark. These are the opening words of Barry Unsworth’s new novel, The Quality of Mercy. I love them for their sheer audacity. How is Sullivan ‘accidentally’ free? We certainly are not [...]

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