Giulia is an orphan, a virgin, in 1584 Venice, chosen to test the virility of The Prince of Mantua prior to his marriage to Eleanor de Medici. A glimpse into a slice of history relating to the Medici family and based on true events.
It is London, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason plot and once again Daniel Pursglove is plunged into the world of treason and men who would blackmail him for their own dark ends.
A delightful story set at the end of WWII with the landed gentry finding themselves in a spot of bother with a dilapidated house and dwindling finances, while the son returning from war is expected to save the day.
Following the lives of two women – Cassandra, enslaved as concubine-war-wife to King Agamemnon, and Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon, plotting retribution as one wife journeys towards the other.
Fee reads Booker prize finalist, James, a reimagining of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn story told from the perspective of runaway slave, Jim
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This December and January, tamariki and rangatahi can enter the Summertime Reading Challenge. It's easy. Pick up a postcard, complete at least three challenges, and drop the card into the library and be in to win cool prizes!
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