Ranked #1

False Mary by Alexander McCall Smith
False Mary by Alexander McCall Smith
Mary Peebles, or “False Mary” as she came to be known, is one of the most unusual figures of Scottish sixteenth-century ... Read more
12 Dec 2011
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Ranked #2

A Letter from Catherine Hartshorn, A.D 1587, February 2nd by Joanna Trollope
A Letter from Catherine Hartshorn, A.D 1587, February 2nd by Joanna Trollope
He wears a very fine doublet, beloved mother, dull violet in colour, striped in a velvet ribbon with picot edge, and his... Read more
22 Nov 2011
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Ranked #3

A Mathilda’s Letter by Minette Walters by Joanna Trollope
A Mathilda’s Letter by Minette Walters by Joanna Trollope
My dear Sister,...You say I have no sympathy for your plight, but I do. Father made bad matches for both of us and I go ... Read more
22 Nov 2011
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Ranked #4

Rosy by Tracy Chevalier
Rosy by Tracy Chevalier
...I have always flushed easily – from physical exertion, from wine, from high emotion. As a boy I was teased by my sist... Read more
22 Nov 2011
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Ranked #5

The Biography of William Wrightson, 2nd Viscount Dorchester by Julian Fellowes
The Biography of William Wrightson, 2nd Viscount Dorchester by Julian Fellowes
Their wretched wives were both obliged to see husband and brother at war, a predicament cruelly underlined by Cumnor's c... Read more
22 Nov 2011
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