What’s going on in the world?
I’ve been thinking about Jesus’s promise to his followers: My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life….
Will their stars bring them to Eden?
Find me in the Stars, by Jules Larimore Another fascinating tale set among the tensions between the Catholic authorities and…
Ich musste weinen
Der gefrorene Himmel, von Richard Wagamese Verlassen von seinen alkoholkranken Eltern und allein mit seiner Grossmutter in der unerbittlichen Winterlandschaft…
History through the eyes of New World settlers
“Call of Freedom” by Paul C. Monk continues the saga of the Huguenot family Delpech. Having fled the oppressive dragonnade…
Secrets in the Cevennes
The Muse of Freedom by Jules Larimore Larimore leads us to clandestine religious gatherings in the remote Cevennes hills of the…
Female tenacity facing injustice
Wheel of Fortune, by C F Dunn As a child, Isobel looks on in horror as the Earl, Lord Langton,…
Eine unheimliche Gottesbegegnung
Das Haus im Himmel, von Stephan Urfer Ein junger Mann zieht sich für ein Jahr in die Abgeschiedenheit der Natur…
Schicksale?
Games, von Patrick Oberholzer ist ein krasses Buch – krass in seinem übergrossen Format, krass in seiner dramatischen Gestaltung und…
Eine geheimnisvolle Begegnung
Am Hang, von Markus Werner Bis zum Ende, tappen wir im Dunkeln, obwohl uns das Gespräch zwischen diesen sehr unterschiedlichen…
“Mine was a very happy childhood”
Road to the Dales: The Story of a Yorkshire Lad by Gervase Phinn In his inimitably prosaic manner, Phinn recounts the…
My alias’ favourite reads of 2023
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Lost child in the chaos of war
City of Tears, by Kate Mosse The assassin crouched in the tangled undergrowth, his finger and thumb stiff in position…