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Are you joining our Greaders group Vods, you are welcome to join but we need the authors and a synopsis of the books if you are. Thanks

Ann
Glos

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Falls the Shadow by Sharon Penman
(sequel to here be Dragons)
Amid the wars and intrigues, courtiers and crusades of Henry 111's peevish England and Llewelyn's divided Wales, Simon alone lacked the art of dissembling. (Simon De Montfort). And even for the greatest warrior in Europe, the privileged husband of the king's favourite sister that was a dangerous failing......
Sharon Penman weaves the facts and fiction, private passions and public events, of Simon's life into a rich tapestry shot through with all the colour and vigour of the medieval world. It is a story of great ambition, and greater love, brought to brilliant life.



the wise Woman Philippa Gregory

Alys joins the nunnery to escape poverty but finds herself thrown back into the outside world when Henry V111's wreckers destroy her sanctuary. With nothing but her looks, her magic and her own instinctive cunning, Alys has to tread the perilous path between the faith of her childhood and her own female power.

when she falls in love with Hugo, the feudal lord and another woman's husband, she dips into witchcraft to defeat her rival and to win her lover, only to find that magic makes a poor servant but a dominant master. Since heresy against the new church means the stake, and witchcraft the rope, alys's danger is mortal. A woman's powers are no longer safe to use....



Ann
Glos

Forgot to say either 2nd or 9th is fine by me, I will go with what the majority want - Michelle

Is it November already? Here are my suggestions before I head off to bed.

Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs

Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is spending two weeks in May on Dewees, a barrier island north of Charleston, South Carolina, where she is leading a student excavation of a prehistoric site when one of the bodies they find isn't so ancient.

Before long, another body is found and Tempe finds herself drawn deeper into a shocking and chilling investigation.

Knights of the Cross by Tom Harper

As the First Crusaders are stuck in an interminable siege of Turk-held Antioch, Demetrios Askiates, a Greek assigned as scribe to the Byzantine peror's representative, must once again play detective. The discovery of a Norman knight with his throat slit and bearing unusual markings on his corpse threatens the shaky alliance among the varied European
armies of the First Crusade. Amid battles and political intrigues, Demetrios desperately
pursues the few clues he has, even as the late Norman knight's companions, who may have
joined him in promoting a new heretical sect, also turn up dead.

Dee's choice

The Night Watch – Sarah Walters

Tender and tragic, set against the turbulent backdrop of wartime Britain. This is an extraordinary story of four Londoners: Kay, who wanders the streets in mannish clothes, restless and searching…..Helen, who harbours a troubling secret…..Viv, glamour girl, recklessly loyal to her soldier lover….. and Duncan, an apparent innocent, struggling with demons of his own

Searching for Tilly – Susan Sallis

Three women come to a remote Cornish village for the summer: Jenna, only 26 and grieving for the loss of her life; her mother Caro, whose husband Steve has also died; and Laura, who had been married to Caro’s beloved brother Geoff. They are staying in a house called Widdowe’s Cottage – a poignantly suitable name

In that tine Cornish community they discover many strange memories of their forbears, and especially of Tilly, Caro’s mother, whose family history seemed to mirror so much of their own. They become swept up in the dramatic story of Tilly and her family, a story which takes them on an epic journey across the West Country and to the solution of an amazing family mystery

Please suggest 2 ordinary books, the vote will take place on 12/13th November.

There will be 7 weeks to read these as Christmas is in the middle Review date will be 2 January - unless you would prefer an extra week making it the 9th, please say if that is what you want.

Ann
Glos