The Golden Prince Rebecca Dean (Harper, £7.99)
Anyone suffering withdrawal symptoms from the TV series Downton Abbey could try this book. The Houghton sisters — Rose, Iris, Marigold and Lily — live at Snowberry. There is a Suffragette, a marriageable one, a selfish one, and a younger sister. Then Rose gets run over by the future Edward VIII, and the fun begins. High society and romance, spoilt only by the fact that it doesn’t seem to tie in at all with what we know of Edward VIII.
Voltaire’s Calligrapher Pablo De Santis (Harper, £7.99)
Historical whodunnit set in 18th-century France. It’s a complicated story, told by calligrapher Dalessius, messenger and spy to the philosopher Voltaire, who entangles him in a web of conspiracy concerning a secret guarded in a fortified monastery by the Abbot Mazy.
The Road Home Max Arthur (Phoenix, £7.99)
True stories of the veterans who survived the Western Front and returned home to try to rebuild their lives. Arthur has collected eyewitness accounts, not just from military men, but also by their wives and lovers, as well as by women who had taken on interesting work, only to be asked to give it up. Many of the returning heroes were feted at first, only to later face joblessness and homelessness.
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